Ransack MCP¶

Hosted remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP, Bearer API key) for source-attributed search and research. Ransack is a search and research service for AI agents with one hard rule: every result carries its source URL, and pages the server cannot read - login-walled news, bot-blocked retailers - are reported as limitations rather than silently skipped or guessed. Six tools cover live search, page fetch, multi-step research pipelines, semantic recall over previously fetched pages, async task polling, and a US building-permit lookup.

Server type: Remote (Streamable HTTP)
Auth: Bearer API key from ransack.tools/trial
Endpoint: https://ransack.tools/mcp
Tools: 6
Pricing: Free trial key; paid plans opening once billing is verified
Repo: github.com/chancewalker165-dot/ransack (docs-only; service proprietary)
Category: Content & Research

Why This Matters for Operators¶

Research tools that quietly fabricate are worse than useless for operators - a hallucinated citation in a vendor report or an RFP answer is a liability. Ransack is built around the opposite contract: every answer is source-attributed, deduplicated results carry their URLs, and unreadable pages are disclosed rather than papered over. The honest-limitations section of its own docs names the failure modes (paywalled pages, hard-blocking retailers) instead of hiding them - the right posture for business research where the difference between "we found nothing" and "we guessed" matters legally.

Tools & Capabilities¶

Tool	Purpose
`ransack`	One tool, many modes: search, fetch, discover, hosts, verify, research - with recency filters and source-attributed, deduplicated results
`execute_research`	Multi-step pipeline (discover, fetch, extract, synthesize) into a cited report
`get_report`	Retrieve a persisted report by report_id
`search_memory`	Semantic recall over previously fetched page chunks
`tasks_get`	Poll an asynchronous research task
`ransack_permit_search`	US building-permit lookup (currently Brevard County FL)

Output formats: Markdown, JSON or hybrid.

Installation¶

claude mcp add --transport http ransack https://ransack.tools/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Get a trial key at ransack.tools/trial, then add the server to any MCP client.

Configuration¶

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ransack": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://ransack.tools/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Business Relevance¶

Research teams get cited multi-step reports where every claim carries its source
BD and sales teams research prospects with deduplicated, source-attributed results
Analysts poll async research tasks for long-running sweeps
Real-estate and construction operators run permit lookups alongside web research

Integration with CorpusIQ¶

Ransack covers external research; CorpusIQ covers the operator's internal record. A market-research mission can run Ransack's cited reports on competitors while CorpusIQ's Shopify and Stripe connectors provide the company's own performance numbers - the composed answer cites sources for the outside view and pulls real books for the inside view. For due-diligence workflows, Ransack's source URLs give the evidence trail that CorpusIQ's financial connectors can then cross-check against actual payables and revenue.

Limitations¶

Brand new - listing submitted Aug 27, 2026; paid plans not yet open
Proprietary hosted service - repo is documentation and config only, no self-host
Paywalled and hard-blocking sites are reported as limitations, not read
Permit lookup currently limited to Brevard County FL
Trial key required; rate and quota terms unpublished