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Open Research KB

Rank #59,419

glama/vecbase-labs/OpenShelf

A local-first MCP server for building and querying PDF knowledge bases. It indexes PDFs into DuckDB and exposes evidence-grounded retrieval tools to separate corpus-backed answers from independent reasoning.

First listed
Jul 6, 2026
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OVERVIEW

Open Research KB is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by vecbase-labs. It ranks #59,419 of 137,492 servers tracked on MCP Toplist, and its repository has 3 GitHub stars. Open Research KB is listed on Glama, and ships as a single rolling release with no explicit version metadata. It was first listed on Jul 6, 2026.

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Ranks ahead of 78,073 of 137,492 servers on MCP Toplist.

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This server doesn't publish a machine-readable install config — see the repository README for install instructions.

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Listed on 1 registry

ORGANIZATION

vecbase-labs

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VERSIONS

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This server is published through a registry that does not expose explicit version metadata, and no GitHub release tags were found on the linked repository. The listing tracks a single rolling release.

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Who maintains Open Research KB?
Open Research KB is maintained by vecbase-labs, which publishes 1 MCP server (0 total versions) tracked on MCP Toplist.
Is Open Research KB listed on the Official MCP Registry?
Open Research KB is not on the Official MCP Registry. It is listed on Glama.
How many versions does Open Research KB have?
Open Research KB ships as a single rolling release with no explicit version metadata.
Where can I find the source code for Open Research KB?
The source code for Open Research KB is hosted at github.com/vecbase-labs/OpenShelf.
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