# canola-research-dispatcher-mcp

> Multi-source research (HN, Reddit, GitHub, Brave) over the Model Context Protocol.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/canola-research-dispatcher-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://0x67108864.github.io/
- repository: https://github.com/0x67108864/research-dispatcher-mcp/issues
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: agent-skills, brave, github, hackernews, mcp, model-context-protocol, reddit, research
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:canola-research-dispatcher-mcp

### Description (declared)

# 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.

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[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](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…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/canola-research-dispatcher-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T11:29:32.151Z)

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