# What a researcher should install

> Capabilities measured for the work a researcher does.

Source: https://tashan.sh/role/researcher.html
Ranked by fit for the task, then how well it documents itself, then the tashan score
  (upkeep and freshness, gated by real adoption). Public evidence only — nothing paid can
  change a rank. Method: https://tashan.sh/methodology.html

## The short answer

- **Knowledge management** — [Atlassian](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-mcp-atlassian.html) · tashan score 74
- **Web scraping** — [Exa](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-exa-mcp-server.html) · tashan score 83
- **Web research** — [Firecrawl · firecrawl](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-firecrawl-cli-firecrawl.html) · tashan score 68
- **Literature review** — [Exa · exa-labs](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-exa.html) · tashan score 76
- **Scientific research** — [Clinicaltrialsgov](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server.html) · tashan score 67

## Ranked

| # | Capability | tashan score | Adoption evidence | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Exa](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-exa-mcp-server.html) | 83 | 20k/wk | active |
| 2 | [Atlassian](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-mcp-atlassian.html) | 74 | 2k/wk | active |
| 3 | [Minutes](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-silverstein-minutes-minutes.html) | 70 | 1k ★ | active |
| 4 | [Memorix](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-memorix.html) | 69 | 2k/wk | active |
| 5 | [Remember](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-digital-process-tools-claude-remember-remember.html) | 68 | 143 ★ | active |
| 6 | [Firecrawl · firecrawl](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-firecrawl-cli-firecrawl.html) | 68 | 542 ★ | active |
| 7 | [Reddit MCP Buddy](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-reddit-mcp-buddy.html) | 63 | 2k/wk | active |
| 8 | [Affine](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-affine-mcp-server.html) | 62 | 895/wk | active |
| 9 | [Notion · awkoy](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-notion-mcp-server.html) | 61 | 905/wk | active |
| 10 | [Notebooklm](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-roomi-fields-notebooklm-mcp.html) | 60 | 367/wk | active |
| 11 | [Noosphere](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-jinning6-noosphere-noosphere.html) | 57 | 18 ★ | active |
| 12 | [Redditapis](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-redditapis-mcp.html) | 57 | 228/wk | active |
| 13 | [Obsidian Visual Skills](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-axtonliu-axton-obsidian-visual-skills-obsidian-visual-skills.html) | 56 | 3k ★ | active |
| 14 | [Phdtaketaketake](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-powerofjinbo-phdtaketaketake-phdtaketaketake.html) | 53 | 32 ★ | active |
| 15 | [Total Recall](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-strvmarv-total-recall-total-recall.html) | 52 | 11 ★ | active |
| 16 | [Openweb](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-openweb-org-openweb-openweb.html) | 52 | 35 ★ | active |
| 17 | [Notebooklm · PleasePrompto](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-notebooklm-mcp.html) | 51 | 5k/wk | active |
| 18 | [Bluesky](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-cyanheads-bluesky-mcp-server.html) | 50 | 121/wk | active |
| 19 | [Enzyme](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-jshph-enzyme-enzyme.html) | 49 | 51 ★ | active |
| 20 | [Ix Memory](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-ix-infrastructure-ix-claude-plugin-ix-memory.html) | 49 | 7 ★ | active |
| 21 | [Kindex](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-jmcentire-kindex-kindex.html) | 48 | 24 ★ | active |
| 22 | [Gooseworks](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-gooseworks-ai-gooseworks-gooseworks.html) | 48 | 6 ★ | active |
| 23 | [Loredocs](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-labyrinth-analytics-loredocs-loredocs.html) | 47 | 4 ★ | active |
| 24 | [LLM Wiki Plugin](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-praneybehl-llm-wiki-plugin-llm-wiki-plugin.html) | 46 | 76 ★ | active |
| 25 | [Agent Loops](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-gaasher-agent-loop-skills-agent-loops.html) | 46 | 143 ★ | active |
| 26 | [Artel](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-nicolasprimeau-artel-artel.html) | 45 | 7 ★ | active |
| 27 | [Longhand](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-wynelson94-longhand-longhand.html) | 45 | 12 ★ | active |
| 28 | [Local RAG · TheWinci](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-thewinci-local-rag-local-rag.html) | 44 | 28 ★ | active |
| 29 | [Arx](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-eric-tramel-arx-arx.html) | 37 | 7 ★ | active |
| 30 | [Perplexity API Platform](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-perplexity-ai-mcp-server.html) | 81 | 30k/wk | active |
| 31 | [Desktop Commander · wonderwhy-er](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-wonderwhy-er-desktopcommandermcp-desktop-commander.html) | 78 | 9k ★ | active |
| 32 | [Mem0](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-mem0ai-mem0-mem0.html) | 78 | 62k ★ | active |
| 33 | [Claude Mem](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-thedotmack-claude-mem-claude-mem.html) | 77 | 89k ★ | active |
| 34 | [Exa · exa-labs](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-exa.html) | 76 | 5k ★ | active |
| 35 | [Last30days](https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-mvanhorn-last30days-skill-last30days.html) | 76 | 54k ★ | active |
| 36 | [Notion · suekou](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-suekou-mcp-notion-server.html) | 71 | 801/wk | active |
| 37 | [Seekstone](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-seekstone.html) | 69 | 2k/wk | active |
| 38 | [Blockrun](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-blockrun-mcp.html) | 68 | 636/wk | active |
| 39 | [Clinicaltrialsgov](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server.html) | 67 | 802/wk | active |
| 40 | [Faf CLI](https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-faf-cli.html) | 66 | 662/wk | active |

Showing the top 40 of 479. The full ranked shelf is at https://tashan.sh/role/researcher.html.

## What these numbers are not

- The tashan score measures upkeep, freshness and adoption. It is **not** a security
  verdict and **not** a measure of whether the capability works well.
- `not scored` means too little public evidence to rank, never that something is bad.
- The security audit is separate and free per capability, on each page above.