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AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent MCP Server

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AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 8 Oct 2026.

x402 cited web research and synthesis for agents. $1.99 per completed brief.

Uptime history 12 days of history · worst day 99%
12 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
5
Tools
read from the server
433 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 8 Oct 2026

What changed 4

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 1 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

8 Oct a tool changed version
7 Oct a tool changed version
5 Oct a tool changed version
1 Oct a tool changed version

AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add research-brief --transport http https://mcp.apify.com?tools=industrial_platform/research-brief-agent&payment=x402
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research-brief": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=industrial_platform/research-brief-agent\u0026payment=x402"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.research-brief]
url = "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=industrial_platform/research-brief-agent&payment=x402"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research-brief": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=industrial_platform/research-brief-agent\u0026payment=x402"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research-brief": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=industrial_platform/research-brief-agent\u0026payment=x402"
    }
  }
}

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.

abort
abort-actor-run
Abort an Actor run that is currently starting or running. For runs with status SUCCEEDED, FAILED, ABORTING, ABORTED, or TIMED-OUT, this call has no effect. The results will include the updated run details after the abort request. USAGE: - Use when you need to stop a run that is taking too long or misconfigured. USAGE EXAMPLES: - user_input: Abort run y2h7sK3Wc - user_input: Gracefully abort run y2h7sK3Wc This tool requires an x402 payment. Include a valid x402 payment signature in the request metadata (_meta["x402/payment"]). Your MCP client must support the x402 payment protocol.
actor
get-actor-run
Get detailed information about a specific Actor run. Returns run result: status, storages (datasets/keyValueStores alias map), stats, summary, nextStep. - summary describes the past (e.g. "SUCCEEDED in 22s. 47 items; 3 fields available."). - nextStep prescribes one primary follow-up action with identifiers interpolated (e.g. "Use get-dataset-items with datasetId=..."). - waitSecs (0–45, default 30) waits up to that many seconds for terminal status before returning. USAGE: - Use to check the status of a run started by any Actor-running tool. - Pass waitSecs > 0 to block until terminal (or until the cap elapses). USAGE EXAMPLES: - user_input: Show details of run y2h7sK3Wc - user_input: Wait for run y2h7sK3Wc to finish This tool requires an x402 payment. Include a valid x402 payment signature in the request metadata (_meta["x402/payment"]). Your MCP client must support the x402 payment protocol.
dataset
get-dataset-items
Get items (rows) from a dataset — the output/results produced by an Actor run. Returns the rows themselves, not dataset metadata, counts, or a schema. When the user provides a datasetId and asks to retrieve results, output, data, or rows, call this tool directly. Default limit is 20. Use clean=true to skip empty items and hidden fields. USAGE: - Use when you need to read data from a dataset (all items or only selected fields). USAGE EXAMPLES: - user_input: Retrieve results from dataset abc123 - user_input: Get only metadata.url and title from dataset username~my-dataset This tool requires an x402 payment. Include a valid x402 payment signature in the request metadata (_meta["x402/payment"]). Your MCP client must support the x402 payment protocol.
industrial
industrial_platform--research-brief-agent
This tool calls the Actor "industrial_platform/research-brief-agent" and retrieves its output results. Actor description: Use for current cited multi-source research, comparisons, and fact verification. Returns a synthesized brief with citations. $1.99 per completed brief; failed runs are not billed. This tool requires an x402 payment. Include a valid x402 payment signature in the request metadata (_meta["x402/payment"]). Your MCP client must support the x402 payment protocol.
key
get-key-value-store-record
Get the value stored under a specific key in a key-value store — a single record, not a listing of all keys. Requires the exact key name. The response preserves the original Content-Encoding; most clients handle decompression automatically. USAGE: - Use when you need to retrieve a specific record (JSON, text, or binary) from a store. USAGE EXAMPLES: - user_input: Get record INPUT from store abc123 - user_input: Get record data.json from store username~my-store This tool requires an x402 payment. Include a valid x402 payment signature in the request metadata (_meta["x402/payment"]). Your MCP client must support the x402 payment protocol.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=industrial_platform/research-brief-agent&payment=x402 streamable-http answering 398 ms 12 min ago

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AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent do?
It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: abort-actor-run, get-actor-run, get-dataset-items, get-key-value-store-record, industrial_platform--research-brief-agent. 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 AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 433 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent?
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 AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent need an API key?
No. AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent 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 AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent?
It answers our handshake in 433 ms on average, which is faster than 31% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is AI Web Research & Research Brief Agent open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 8 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.