This is part of the MCP track for the Hackathon (with a smidge of Agents)
This is part of the MCP track for the Hackathon (with a smidge of Agents). The gradio mcp agent hack mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it rather than through you.
Shallow Research Code Assistant is a sophisticated multi-agent research and code assistant built using Gradio's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server functionality. It orchestrates specialized AI agents to provide comprehensive research capabilities and generate executable Python code. This "shallow" research tool (Its definitely not deep research) augments the initial user query to broaden scope before performing web searches for grounding.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
You will need 4 environment variables: NEBIUS_API_KEY, TAVILY_API_KEY, MODAL_ID, MODEL_SECRET_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. It is maintained by CodeHalwell; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
{
"mcpServers": {
"gradiocodeassist": {
"autoApprove": [],
"disabled": false,
"timeout": 300,
"type": "sse",
"url": "https://agents-mcp-hackathon-shallowcoderesearch.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/sse",
"headers": {}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| NEBIUS_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| TAVILY_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| MODAL_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MODEL_SECRET_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Microsoft's official browser automation server — drive a real browser through the accessibility tree, no screenshots needed.
GitHub's official server — repos, issues, pull requests, Actions and code security, straight from your assistant.
Issue tracking at the speed of conversation — Linear's official hosted server with OAuth and zero install.
Local repository surgery — status, diffs, commits, branches and history for any repo on disk.
Timezone sanity for AI — current time anywhere and correct conversions, without the model doing date math.