# Webhound MCP

> Webhound MCP — webhoundai-webhound-mcp. Use this tool when you need to conduct in-depth research with controlled effort and budget, solving problems of information overload and unreliable sources. Webhound MCP provides cited reports and sourced datasets as output, taking in prompts and dollar budgets as input, to deliver comprehensive and evidence-backed answers. It is ideal for use cases requiring thorough investigation and verification of claims, such as academic research, fact-checking, and data-driven decision making.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/webhoundai-webhound-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/webhoundai-webhound-mcp

## Description

Webhound is a research engine with an explicit effort control: a prompt defines the investigation and a dollar budget defines how much work it deserves. It returns cited reports or sourced datasets with the working documents, claims, sources, limitations, and evidence pack behind the answer.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-29

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/y0v0m5g46c)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/WebhoundAI/webhound-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "webhoundai-webhound-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/webhoundai-webhound-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/webhoundai-webhound-mcp/pull`

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