# research-assistant-mcp

> A Model Context Protocol server for research assistance with ChromaDB vector storage

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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/research-assistant-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/laxmimerit/research-assistant-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/laxmimerit/research-assistant-mcp
- version: 0.1.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, chromadb, langchain, mcp, research, vector-database
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:research-assistant-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Research Assistant MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides research assistance capabilities with ChromaDB vector storage. This server enables AI assistants to save, retrieve, and manage research content efficiently using vector embeddings.

## Features

- **Vector Storage**: Uses ChromaDB for efficient storage and retrieval
- **Topic Organization**: Organize research content by topics
- **Deduplication**: Automatic content deduplication using hashing
- **Semantic Search**: Query research content using natural language
- **Multiple Topics**: Manage multiple research topics simultaneously
- **OpenAI Embeddings**: Uses OpenAI's text-embedding-3-small model

## Installation

### Using uvx (Recommended)

```bash
uvx research-assistant-mcp
```

### Using uv

```bash
uv pip install research-assistant-mcp
```

### Using pip

```bash
pip install research-assistant-mcp
```

### From Source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/laxmimerit/research-assistant-mcp.git
cd research-assistant-mcp
uv pip install -e .
```

## Configuration

### Environment Variables

Required:
- `OPENAI_API_KEY` - Your OpenAI API key for embeddings
- `RESEARCH_DB_PATH` - Base path for storing research databases
  - A `research_chroma_dbs` directory will be created inside this path
  - Example: `/path/to/data` (will create `/path/to/data/research_chroma_dbs`)
  - Example: `~/.research_assistant_mcp` (will create `~/.research_assistant_mcp/research_chroma_dbs`)

Create a `.env` file with your configuration:

```bash
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
RESEARCH_DB_PATH=/path/to/data
```

### Claude Desktop Configuration

**MacOS**: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
**Windows**: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research-assistant": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["research-assistant-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here",
        "RESEARCH_DB_PATH": "/path/to/data"
 …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (1, derived)
- data.vector-search (1, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/research-assistant-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T11:26:53.124Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/research-assistant-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/research-assistant-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:research-assistant-mcp