OpenResearch MCP for VS Code
io.github.olanokhin/openresearch-mcp
Zero-auth research MCP: web, academic, finance, news, weather, macro, social, SEC. No keys.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install OpenResearch MCP in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "github-token",
"description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "openalex-email",
"description": "OPENALEX_EMAIL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "stackexchange-key",
"description": "STACKEXCHANGE_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "sec-user-agent",
"description": "SEC_USER_AGENT",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"openresearch-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openresearch-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github-token}",
"OPENALEX_EMAIL": "${input:openalex-email}",
"STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "${input:stackexchange-key}",
"SEC_USER_AGENT": "${input:sec-user-agent}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs