Best MCP Servers for Research

4 verified MCP servers for research. Ranked by GitHub stars. Works with Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and more.

Official Brave Search integration — give AI real-time web search access via the Brave Search API for up-to-date information.

Exa neural search server — give AI access to neural web search with semantic understanding for researcher-grade results.

Tavily AI search server — real-time web search optimized for AI agents with factual, accurate, and structured results.

Perplexity AI search MCP server — research with citations, AI-synthesized answers, and real-time web access.