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OpenResearch MCP for Zed

io.github.olanokhin/openresearch-mcp

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

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install OpenResearch MCP in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen.

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

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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