Universal Research MCP Server

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Universal Research MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 2 877 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 29 Aug 2026.

Provenance-first research memory with hash-bound evidence and a fail-closed eligibility gate.

Installs per day peak 1 313 · avg 311 · +99% w/w

a month agotoday

2 877

Installs / week

pypi · universal-research-mcp

Stars

0 open issues

29 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

Python

What the code does

We read the source, 12 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command universal_research_mcp/runtime/semantic_setup.py:212, [пакет] universal_research_mcp/runtime/semantic_setup.py:212

    subprocess.run(command, check=True)

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add universal-research-mcp -- uvx universal-research-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "universal-research-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "universal-research-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.universal-research-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["universal-research-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "universal-research-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "universal-research-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "universal-research-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "universal-research-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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Universal Research MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Universal Research MCP?

Universal Research MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package universal-research-mcp was installed 2 877 times last week.

How do I connect Universal Research MCP?

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 runs locally, so the command pulls universal-research-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Universal Research MCP?

The pypi package universal-research-mcp was installed 2 877 times in the last week. Week over week that is +99%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Universal Research MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.