Research Assistant

Name: Research Assistant
Author: Jonathan S

by Jonathan S

Multi-source web research with persistent memory. Combines Brave, Exa, Tavily, and Perplexity.

Servers in this stack

Brave Search

Web and local search using the Brave Search API.

@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search

Exa Search

AI-powered web search and content retrieval via Exa.

exa-mcp-server

Tavily

Real-time web search optimized for AI agents via Tavily.

tavily-mcp

web

Fetch

HTTP fetch tool for reading web content and APIs.

@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch

productivity

Memory

Persistent key-value memory store for AI assistants.

@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory

Copy config

// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
      ],
      "type": "stdio"
    },
    "exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ],
      "type": "stdio"
    },
    "tavily": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "type": "stdio"
    },
    "fetch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
      ],
      "type": "stdio"
    },
    "memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"
      ],
      "type": "stdio"
    }
  }
}