High-quality multi-source web research MCP server: deep-research pipelines, Wikipedia, arXiv, Hacker News, Stack Exchange, Crossref, Brave, Tavily, and any URL on the web.
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# Web Research MCP > A high-quality, multi-source web research MCP server for AI agents. Plug it into Claude Desktop, Hermes, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client and get production-grade search + page-fetching across Wikipedia, arXiv, Hacker News, Stack Exchange, Crossref, Brave, Tavily, and any URL on the web. [](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) [](https://www.python.org) [](LICENSE) [](https://github.com/infinit3labs/web-research-mcp/stargazers) [](https://github.com/infinit3labs/web-research-mcp/actions/workflows/ci.yml) ```bash # One-line install (anywhere on disk) git clone https://github.com/infinit3labs/web-research-mcp.git hermes mcp add web-research --command "$(pwd)/web-research-mcp/bin/web-research-mcp" # 9 of 10 tools work with zero API keys. Add Brave or Tavily to unlock general web search. ``` --- ## Why this exists Most "web search" MCP servers try to scrape Google through a headless browser with randomized fingerprints. That approach is a losing arms race — search engines detect and ban scrapers within days, and even when it works, you get DOM soup that your LLM has to clean up. **This server takes a different approach** — it talks to APIs that are *built* for agents: | What it does | How | |---|---| | Real web search | Brave Search API, Tavily API (whitelisted, ranked, structured JSON) | | Reads any URL | Jina Reader (handles JS rendering + anti-bot, returns clean markdown) | | Encyclopedic lookup | Wikipedia MediaWiki API | | Academic preprints | arXiv API | | Peer-reviewed papers | Crossref API | | Tech signal | Hacker News Algolia API | | Code Q&A | Stack Exchange API (any site) | The s…
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