Claude Research Team MCP Server

Claude Research Team

A research system for Claude Code that provides web search, documentation lookup, and AI synthesis through slash commands.

Features

• Multi-source search: Serper, Brave, GitHub, StackOverflow, npm, PyPI, crates.io, Wikipedia, ArXiv, HackerNews, Reddit, MDN, and more
• AI synthesis: Results synthesized by Claude or Gemini Flash
• Depth control: Quick (~10s), medium (~30s), or deep (~60s) research
• Dashboard: Web UI at http://localhost:3200

Quick Install

1. Clone and build

git clone https://github.com/bigph00t/claude-research-team
cd claude-research-team
npm install
npm run build

2. Configure API keys

Create .env file:

# At least one search API required
SERPER_API_KEY=xxx       # serper.dev (2,500/mo free)
BRAVE_API_KEY=xxx        # brave.com/search/api (2,000/mo free)

# Optional
GITHUB_TOKEN=xxx         # For GitHub search
GEMINI_API_KEY=xxx       # Alternative AI provider

3. Install commands

Copy the slash commands to your Claude Code commands directory:

cp commands/*.md ~/.claude/commands/

4. Start the service

npm run start

Usage

Slash Commands

Command	Description
/research <query>	Research a topic
/research-status	Check service status
/research-detail <id>	Get full details on a finding
/fetch <url>	Fetch and extract content from a URL

Research Depths

/research What is HTMX                              # quick (default for simple queries)
/research How to implement rate limiting --depth medium
/research Rust vs Go for CLI tools --depth deep

Depth	Time	Best For
quick	~10s	Facts, definitions
medium	~30s	How-to, documentation
deep	~60s	Comparisons, analysis

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              Research Service (:3200)            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                  │
│  Coordinator                                     │
│  └── Routes queries to specialist agents         │
│                                                  │
│  ├── WebSearchAgent     (Serper, Brave, DDG)    │
│  ├── CodeExpertAgent    (GitHub, StackOverflow) │
│  ├── DocsExpertAgent    (npm, PyPI, MDN, etc)   │
│  ├── CommunityExpert    (HackerNews, Reddit)    │
│  └── ResearchExpert     (Wikipedia, ArXiv)      │
│                                                  │
│  AI Synthesis (Claude SDK or Gemini Flash)       │
│                                                  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Search Sources

Free (no API key)

• DuckDuckGo, StackOverflow, npm, PyPI, crates.io, MDN, Dev.to, Wikipedia, ArXiv, HackerNews, Reddit

Requires API key

• Serper (Google results), Brave Search, Tavily, GitHub

API

# Start research
POST /api/research
{"query": "...", "depth": "quick|medium|deep"}

# Check status
GET /api/research/:id

# Get findings
GET /api/findings

# Health check
GET /api/health

Dashboard

Open http://localhost:3200 to:

• View research history
• Configure settings
• Monitor activity

Development

npm install       # Install deps
npm run build     # Build
npm run dev       # Watch mode
npm run start     # Start service

Project Structure

claude-research-team/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json       # Plugin manifest
├── commands/             # Slash command definitions
│   ├── research.md
│   ├── research-status.md
│   ├── research-detail.md
│   └── fetch.md
├── skills/               # Agent skills (SKILL.md files)
├── src/                  # TypeScript source
│   ├── agents/           # Specialist agents
│   ├── crew/             # Multi-agent orchestration
│   ├── service/          # HTTP server + dashboard
│   └── ...
└── dist/                 # Compiled output

Troubleshooting

Service won't start

lsof -i :3200        # Check if port in use
npm run start        # Start manually

Commands not working

# Verify commands are installed
ls ~/.claude/commands/research.md

# Re-copy if missing
cp commands/*.md ~/.claude/commands/

No results

• Check API keys in .env
• Verify service is running: curl http://localhost:3200/api/health

License

AGPL-3.0