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OpenResearch MCP for Grok

io.github.olanokhin/openresearch-mcp

Zero-auth research MCP: web, academic, finance, news, weather, macro, social, SEC. No keys.

client:Grok transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install OpenResearch MCP in Grok

.mcp.json (in your project root)

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openresearch-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openresearch-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>",
        "SEC_USER_AGENT": "<SEC_USER_AGENT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Grok Build reads Claude Code's .mcp.json and Claude Desktop's config unchanged, so a server you have already set up there needs nothing new. The Grok web app and X integration do not take custom servers. Grok docs

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