MCP server · Deep research
A virtual research desk that reads the sources your assistant can't.
OpenHelm spins up a research environment with a stealth browser that accesses SEC EDGAR, company IR pages, and live financial data directly. Domain-grounded tools for company dives, earnings triage, filings monitoring, comp sets and morning notes, cited and fabrication-free. Zero-install via MCP.
What it does
The Deep Research server gives your assistant a virtual research desk: an isolated cloud environment with a stealth browser that reaches official sources directly, SEC EDGAR, company IR pages, congressional disclosures, live market data. Each tool runs structured, domain-grounded work against those sources, so outputs are quantitative, source-cited investment artifacts rather than guesses.
It is built for hedge funds, asset managers, VCs and corporate strategy teams who want the structured groundwork, monitoring, triage, comps, briefs, automated, while keeping the investment judgment with their team.
Endpoint
Add this URL to your MCP client.
https://mcp.openhelm.ai/research/mcpnpx mcp-remote https://mcp.openhelm.ai/research/mcpTools
What your assistant can call.
Available on https://mcp.openhelm.ai/research/mcp
deep_research_companyAn exhaustive investigation of a business: model, risks and moat analysis.
earnings_triageIsolate guidance changes, key executive quotes and consensus discrepancies from a fresh print.
track_insider_and_congress_tradesQuery and synthesise recent SEC Form 4 filings and congressional STOCK Act disclosures.
build_comp_setGenerate comparable peer tables with valuation multiples and growth-divergence narratives.
monitor_sec_filingsTrack material risk-factor changes or accounting divergences across corporate filings.
expert_call_briefPrepare a target-company brief and high-conviction screening questions ahead of expert calls.
screen_sectorRun thematic macro screens (e.g. software margins, logistics backlogs) across an industry.
morning_notesScan overnight filings and market indicators into a pre-market brief.
check_resultContinue polling or retrieve finalised financial artifacts.
Get started
Connect in under a minute.
Add the remote server
In ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or any MCP client, add a remote connector pointing at https://mcp.openhelm.ai/research/mcp. No install, no terminal, no Node setup. For clients that need a local bridge, run npx mcp-remote https://mcp.openhelm.ai/research/mcp.
Connect your OpenHelm account
Click Connect and you are sent to www.app.openhelm.ai/connect to authorise via OAuth 2.1. Your encrypted OpenHelm API key is wrapped in a signed token, the server itself stores no secrets.
Add a card to start the trial
New accounts add a card to activate a 14-day free trial (you are not billed during the trial). This keeps the shared cloud compute protected from multi-account abuse.
Run tasks from your assistant
Ask your assistant in plain English. It calls the right tool, OpenHelm spins up an isolated cloud browser sandbox, and returns evidence-backed structured results, polling check_result for longer runs.
Want it run for you as a managed service, not just as tools in your assistant? See the full research-analyst offering.
See the hedge fund use case→Common questions about the Deep Research server
Do I need to install anything?
No. OpenHelm MCP servers are remote, Streamable-HTTP servers. You add a URL as a remote connector in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or another MCP client. Clients without native remote support can use the lightweight npx mcp-remote bridge.
Where does the work actually run?
Not on the MCP endpoint. When a tool is called, OpenHelm starts an asynchronous agent run in an isolated E2B cloud sandbox that drives a real browser and reads official sources. The MCP layer is stateless: it holds no database and stores no secrets.
What happens with long-running tasks?
The server uses a bounded-wait pattern of about 75 seconds. Fast tasks return their structured result in one turn. Slower tasks return a task_id and your assistant calls check_result a moment later to retrieve the finished output, so connections never time out mid-run.
How is it billed?
Connecting requires an OpenHelm account with a card on file, which starts a 14-day free trial. You are not charged during the trial. After that, usage runs on your OpenHelm plan.
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Want it run for you instead?
The MCP servers put the tools in your assistant. If you'd rather we run the whole workflow as a managed service, book a 20-minute call and we'll scope it.