research_mcp
MCPReferenceby simonives
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MCP configuration
Environment
RESEARCH_MCP_CONTACTEmail for scholarly-API polite pools and to enable the Unpaywall OA resolver
RESEARCH_MCP_BRAVE_KEYsecretBrave Search API key → reliable backend for web-search (free tier)
RESEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIRWhere retrieved files and API responses are cached
RESEARCH_MCP_USER_AGENTOverride the browser User-Agent used by fetch-url
RESEARCH_MCP_ZOTERO_URLOverride the Zotero local API base (default http://localhost:23119/api)
RESEARCH_MCP_SEARXNG_URLA SearXNG instance URL → self-hosted backend for web-search
RESEARCH_MCP_OBSIDIAN_VAULTPath to an Obsidian vault → activates the vault-* tools
RESEARCH_MCP_SEARCH_BACKENDForce web-search backend: duckduckgo (default, keyless best-effort), brave, or searxng
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