# Research Search — MCP server on mcp.ai
> Search scholarly articles and patents from your agent. Articles come with authors, publication, year and citation count; patents with number, assignee and date. Useful for literature review and for prior art search before filing. Accepts up to 100 queries in a single call. Hosted by the platform, no credentials, you pay per query.

By: mcp.ai · official
Page: https://mcp.ai/research_search

## Connect (MCP protocol)
Remote MCP endpoint (HTTP, streamable): https://api.mcp.ai/p_research_search?ms=1792059420000
Add it as a custom/remote MCP connector, then authenticate when prompted.

## REST API (no MCP client required)
Every tool is also a REST endpoint, authed with a workspace API key.
Discover: GET https://api.mcp.ai/api/research_search/_endpoints   # public; lists every endpoint
Call:     POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/research_search/<endpoint>
  Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…   # create one at https://mcp.ai/settings/api-keys
  Content-Type: application/json
  Body: { …args }   →   { "ok": true, "tool": "<id>", "result": { … } }

## Developer docs
Install guide (prompt + clients + REST), markdown: https://mcp.ai/research_search/index.md
How to use (MCP or REST), markdown: https://mcp.ai/research_search/skill.md
Postman collection (v2.1): https://mcp.ai/research_search/postman.json

## Tools
- research_search_papers(consultas: string[], pais?: string, idioma?: string, limite?: integer, periodo?: string, pagina?: integer) — Busca artigos acadêmicos com título, autores, publicação, ano e número de citações. Aceita até 100 consultas por chamada.
- research_search_patents(consultas: string[], pais?: string, idioma?: string, limite?: integer, periodo?: string, pagina?: integer) — Busca patentes com título, número, depositante e data. Use para busca de anterioridade antes de depositar. Aceita até 100 consultas por chamada.

## Example prompts
- "Bring the most cited articles about open banking in Brazil"
- "Is there prior art for this mechanism? Run the prior art search"
- "Build a literature review on this topic with articles from the last 5 years"

## Links
Docs: https://mcp.ai/docs/mcps/research_search
Website: https://mcp.ai/mcps/research_search