Is the Rival Search Mcp skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from damionrashford/RivalSearchMCP. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

Does Rival Search Mcp work with Claude Code?

It is in our test queue — we run every skill on real work before issuing a verdict, and this one is scheduled.

How do I install Rival Search Mcp?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Rival Search Mcp with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Rival Search Mcp

Search web, social platforms, news, and academic databases via one research MCP.

by damionrashford · damionrashford/RivalSearchMCP

In test queue

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: In test queue
Tested: —
Environment: Pending

In the test queue — machine-screened (validator 85/100, 111★ repo), full install/trigger/output test scheduled.

What Rival Search Mcp does

Deterministic deep research via RivalSearchMCP. 9 tools: 5-engine web search (DuckDuckGo/Bing/Yahoo/Mojeek/Wikipedia), 9-platform social search (Reddit/HN/StackOverflow/Dev.to/Medium/ProductHunt/Bluesky/Lobste.rs/Lemmy), 5-source news (Google/Bing/Guardian/GDELT/DDG), 5 academic DBs (OpenAlex/CrossRef/arXiv/PubMed/EuropePMC), GitHub search, website mapping, content extraction with OCR, and…

How to install Rival Search Mcp

git clone https://github.com/damionrashford/RivalSearchMCP
cp -r RivalSearchMCP/plugins/rival-search-mcp-skills/skills/rival-search-mcp ~/.claude/skills/rival-search-mcp

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Rival Search Mcp

/rival-search-mcp Search web, social platforms, news, and academic databases via one research MCP.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Research recent discussions about this topic on Reddit and HN
Find academic papers on this subject across five databases
Do a competitive analysis using web and news search

Frequently asked questions

Is the Rival Search Mcp skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from damionrashford/RivalSearchMCP. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Rival Search Mcp work with Claude Code?: It is in our test queue — we run every skill on real work before issuing a verdict, and this one is scheduled.
How do I install Rival Search Mcp?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Rival Search Mcp with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.