Multi-source research (HN, Reddit, GitHub, Brave) over the Model Context Protocol.
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# research-dispatcher-mcp A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets any MCP-capable AI agent run **one research query across multiple public sources** (Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub, Brave Web Search) in parallel, with source-specific query tuning baked in. [](https://pypi.org/project/canola-research-dispatcher-mcp/) [](LICENSE) ## What it does Exposes 5 MCP tools: | Tool | Source | Auth | |---|---|---| | `research_hn` | Hacker News (Algolia) | none | | `research_reddit` | Reddit site-wide search | none (User-Agent only) | | `research_github` | GitHub repositories | optional `GITHUB_TOKEN` for higher rate limit | | `research_brave` | Brave Web Search | requires `BRAVE_API_KEY` | | `research_all` | All of the above in parallel | per-source rules apply | Each tool returns JSON: a list of normalized hits with `title`, `url`, `score`/`stars`, `created_at`, and source-specific metadata. `research_all` aggregates into `{source: {status, count, items}}`. ## Why AI agents that handle "what's the latest on X" tasks need to consult multiple sources but each has its own API, rate limit, and pitfalls. This server encodes those once so the agent calls one tool and gets normalized results. ## Install Requires Python 3.10+. ```bash pip install canola-research-dispatcher-mcp ``` ## Configure your agent ### Claude Code Add to your `~/.claude/mcp.json`: ```json { "mcpServers": { "research-dispatcher": { "command": "research-dispatcher-mcp", "env": { "GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_... (optional)", "BRAVE_API_KEY": "... (optional)" } } } } ``` Restart Claude Code and the 5 `research_*` tools become available. ### Codex CLI / Cursor / other MCP runtimes Each runtime has its own MCP server registration. The command is always `research-dispatcher-mcp`. ## Quickstart ``` "What's the latest on MC…
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