Research MCP Server

Research MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Research directly instead of describing what you should do. This is a repository for the research project on the MCP server.

What you get

• Work as an MCP server
• Retrieve survey data from Notion
• Create survey pages in Notion

Setting it up

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 4 environment variables: NOTION_TOKEN, YOUR_NOTION_TOKEN, NOTION_ROOT_DATABASE_ID, YOUR_NOTION_DATABASE_ID. 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.

• Python 3.12.1 or later * uv 0.5.25 or later * Claude Desktop Client

Choosing this one

This sits in the planning and project tracking group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by h-yanagawa; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Research's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Before you rely on it

• It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
• Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
• MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the research mcp server does with a few real requests.