research_mcp

An MCP server that mirrors the skills and workflows of an industry-leading research institute, providing research craft tools, retrieval, and knowledge resources for any MCP-capable client.

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// key findings

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Secret credentials may flow to a network call

1 flow detected: RESEARCH_MCP_BRAVE_KEY. We can’t prove the destination matches the brand the credential belongs to.

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You'll be asked for 1 credential: RESEARCH_MCP_BRAVE_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// known CVEs in dependencies1 low

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

low@mozilla/readability@0.5.0GHSA-3p6v-hrg8-8qj7

@mozilla/readability Denial of Service through Regex

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// required environment variables

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

configLOG_LEVEL

🔐 secretRESEARCH_MCP_BRAVE_KEY— Brave Search API key → reliable backend for web-search (free tier)

configRESEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR— Where retrieved files and API responses are cached

configRESEARCH_MCP_CONTACT— Email for scholarly-API "polite pools" and to enable the Unpaywall OA resolver

configRESEARCH_MCP_OBSIDIAN_VAULT— Path to an Obsidian vault → activates the vault- tools

configRESEARCH_MCP_SEARCH_BACKEND— Force web-search backend: duckduckgo (default, keyless best-effort), brave, or searxng

configRESEARCH_MCP_SEARXNG_URL— A SearXNG instance URL → self-hosted backend for web-search

configRESEARCH_MCP_USER_AGENT— Override the browser User-Agent used by fetch-url

configRESEARCH_MCP_ZOTERO_LIBRARY

configRESEARCH_MCP_ZOTERO_URL— Override the Zotero local API base (default http://localhost:23119/api)

// full audit trail

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: bb4eda0671f8808f24b1e6763b0c74710e9c33c5

code hash: 354429063a10009ec58dd6c9b26b10c7440842774442bc55179c2cb4baf2d219

verified: 6/27/2026, 8:52:04 AM

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