Web Researcher MCP Server

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Web Researcher MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 27 Oct 2026.

Your AI research assistant that cites real sources and stays honest

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Installs / week

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Stars

5 open issues

27 Oct 2026

Last commit

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MIT

License

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

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.

Builds a file path from a variable internal/audit/logger.go:540, internal/cookievault/profile.go:195, internal/cookievault/profile_browser.go:112

            _ = os.Remove(filepath.Join(dir, name))

Runs an external command python/web_researcher_mcp/_server.py:102

        self._proc = subprocess.Popen(

Page executes code built at runtime decks/compliance/compliance-deck.html:4363

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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.

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Web Researcher MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Web Researcher MCP?

Web Researcher MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone.

Is Web Researcher MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Go, 75 stars on GitHub and 5 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.