research_mcp

MCPReference

by simonives

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mcplocal-only

MCP configuration

stdio

Environment

  • RESEARCH_MCP_CONTACT

    Email for scholarly-API polite pools and to enable the Unpaywall OA resolver

  • RESEARCH_MCP_BRAVE_KEYsecret

    Brave Search API key → reliable backend for web-search (free tier)

  • RESEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR

    Where retrieved files and API responses are cached

  • RESEARCH_MCP_USER_AGENT

    Override the browser User-Agent used by fetch-url

  • RESEARCH_MCP_ZOTERO_URL

    Override the Zotero local API base (default http://localhost:23119/api)

  • RESEARCH_MCP_SEARXNG_URL

    A SearXNG instance URL → self-hosted backend for web-search

  • RESEARCH_MCP_OBSIDIAN_VAULT

    Path to an Obsidian vault → activates the vault-* tools

  • RESEARCH_MCP_SEARCH_BACKEND

    Force web-search backend: duckduckgo (default, keyless best-effort), brave, or searxng

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