a9n9 Deep Research MCP Server

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a9n9 Deep Research is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 5 tools.

Objective-driven deep research: free daily quick search plus MPP-paid cross-source browser reports.

Uptime history 32 days of history

32 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

337 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 4

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 18 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

19 Aug 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for a9n9_research_quote, a9n9_research_start

18 Aug 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for a9n9_research_quote, a9n9_research_start

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check a9n9 Deep Research every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add deep-research --transport http https://agent.a9n9.net/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deep-research": {
      "url": "https://agent.a9n9.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.deep-research]
url = "https://agent.a9n9.net/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deep-research": {
      "url": "https://agent.a9n9.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deep-research": {
      "url": "https://agent.a9n9.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

a9n9

a9n9_quick_search

Free first-level search, limited per day across all callers: current news coverage (100+ languages, 250K+ sources) or scholarly papers (arXiv). Returns structured results immediately with no payment. When the daily quota is exhausted, or when you need live browsing and synthesis across sources, use a9n9_research_quote for paid deep research.

a9n9_research_quote

Analyze a deep-research objective and return the exact current price, limits, planned start URLs, request hash, expiry, payment requirements, and cloud-browser capabilities without charging or starting a job. targetUrl is optional: omit it and the quote derives and binds a bounded plan of public start URLs from the objective.

a9n9_research_start

Start bounded paid research in a real remotely hosted Browserbase Chromium session with JavaScript rendering, DOM interaction, scrolling, and dynamic-content extraction, followed by gpt-5.6-luna synthesis. targetUrl is optional; without it the quoted plan of public start URLs derived from the objective is executed. Call a9n9_research_quote first when price visibility is needed. The service does not bypass CAPTCHAs, logins, paywalls, access controls, or site terms.

a9n9_research_status

Return milestone progress and the final result for an opaque tracker code.

a9n9_research_submit_payment

Verify a separately broadcast Tempo mainnet push-mode payment and continue the quoted research job. Use the paymentChallenge and walletPayment returned by a9n9_research_quote, then provide the transaction hash, payer address, and same job_key.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://agent.a9n9.net/mcp	streamable-http	answering	304 ms	2 min ago

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a9n9 Deep Research — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can a9n9 Deep Research do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: a9n9_quick_search, a9n9_research_quote, a9n9_research_start, a9n9_research_status, a9n9_research_submit_payment. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is a9n9 Deep Research working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 337 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect a9n9 Deep Research?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does a9n9 Deep Research need an API key?

No. a9n9 Deep Research completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is a9n9 Deep Research?

It answers our handshake in 337 ms on average, which is faster than 46% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.