GPT Researcher MCP
Autonomous web research agent as an MCP server
Last verified: August 26, 2026
How to Install GPT Researcher MCP
$git clone https://github.com/assafelovic/gptr-mcp.git && cd gptr-mcp && pip install -r requirements.txt && python server.pyRequires Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or another MCP-compatible client.
About GPT Researcher MCP
GPT Researcher MCP gives AI clients an autonomous research agent that browses, summarizes, and synthesizes information across many sources to produce cited reports. It is open source and designed for deep-research workflows.
GPT Researcher MCP is a Research MCP server designed for developers and AI power users. It enables extending AI assistants with real-world capabilities by exposing a structured set of tools over the Model Context Protocol. Key capabilities include standards-based mcp server interface, works with claude, gpt, gemini, and other mcp clients, tool discovery and structured outputs, and structured tool calls that work cleanly inside an LLM context. It integrates with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible client, and is best suited for developers and AI power users who need ai engineers wiring assistants into real tools.
Key Features
- research
- web-search
- agents
- Standards-based MCP server interface
- Works with Claude, GPT, Gemini, and other MCP clients
- Tool discovery and structured outputs
Pricing
- Core MCP server
- Community support
- Works with any MCP client
- Everything in Free
- Higher usage limits
- Priority support
- Everything in Pro
- SLA & SSO
- Dedicated support
Tier details are indicative — visit the GPT Researcher MCP website for current pricing.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Drop-in support across MCP-compatible AI clients
- Reduces prompt boilerplate by exposing concrete tool calls
- Active community and ongoing updates
Cons
- Requires an MCP-capable client to use
- Initial setup can require configuration
- Capability surface depends on what the underlying service exposes
Best For
- AI engineers wiring assistants into real tools
- Teams adopting MCP as an integration standard
- Power users who want more than chat
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Submit yours →Our Take on GPT Researcher MCP
GPT Researcher MCP brings autonomous, multi-source web research into your agent, producing cited reports from a single query. Excellent for deep-research workflows, though it relies on your own LLM and search API keys and can run up token costs on long reports.