What is the Consensus MCP?

MCPs let your AI tools talk directly to outside services — no more copy-pasting between apps. In this video, you'll learn what the Model Context Protocol is, why it matters for researchers, and how the Consensus MCP gives Claude (or any compatible AI) direct access to 220M+ peer-reviewed papers.

This is part 1 of a tutorial series on how to use the Consensus MCP to build custom research workflows in Claude or ChatGPT.

In this tutorial we will cover
1. What you can do with the Consensus MCP
2. What is an MCP
3. What makes the Consensus MCP unique

https://consensus.app/home/mcp/

00:00 The Problem with AI Hallucinating Sources
00:22 Introducing the Consensus MCP
00:29 Grant Research Skill Demo
01:05 What is MCP?
01:39 Why Use Consensus for Research
02:37 When to Use the Web App vs. MCP
02:53 Best Use Cases for the MCP
03:13 Next Steps

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Consensus is a free AI powered search engine for research papers used by 10M+ researchers, clinicians, and students around the world.

It searches through 220M+ peer-reviewed research papers, provides an answer, and links directly to the papers themselves.

Start searching for free: https://consensus.app/

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