How to Use MCP with Claude Desktop for Market Research

Claude Desktop supports MCP servers natively. Here's how to add market research capabilities.

Setup (2 minutes)

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "market-research": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@anthropic/mcp-remote",
        "https://actors-mcp.apify.com/knotless_cadence~mcp-market-research-server"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. Then ask:

"Generate a market research report for electric vehicles in Southeast Asia"

15 MCP servers available: GitHub

Custom research — $20: Payoneer