MCP Research Tools

Local-first MCP server that gives Claude Code web search, page reading, video transcription, and image analysis — without paid API keys. Runs SearXNG + whisper.cpp natively on Apple Silicon for zero-cost, low-latency research workflows.

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// key findings

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configSEARXNG_URL

configMEDIA_TEMP_DIR

configMAX_VIDEO_SECONDS— 120 Max video duration to process

configFRAME_EVERY_SECONDS— 3 Keyframe extraction interval

configWHISPER_MODEL— small Whisper model (tiny/base/small/medium/large)

configWHISPER_CPP_BIN— whisper-cli Whisper binary name

configMCP_TRANSPORT— streamable-http MCP_HOST=0.0.0.0 MCP_PORT=9000 \

configMCP_HOST— MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http =0.0.0.0 MCP_PORT=9000 \

configMCP_PORT— MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http MCP_HOST=0.0.0.0 =9000 \

configMAX_FETCH_SIZE_MB— 10 Max page download size

configFETCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS— 30 Page fetch timeout

configMAX_IMAGE_SIZE_MB

configMAX_CONTENT_CHARS

// full audit trail

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: 8a560b7f50914cca229549a08f3b868efa4d6cf5

code hash: ad7bf4ccdfc7956f6d28c8ce1e60f30971b2cab82b848bf48bcbf0018d544eab

verified: 6/22/2026, 12:35:52 PM

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