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Oct 22, 2026, 6:09 AM EDT
Consensus Ships Its Full Research Agent as an API and MCP Server, Putting Citation-Backed Science Inside Any Agent
Consensus now exposes its complete research agent through its API and an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or a custom agent can run citation-backed scientific search as one tool call. What each plan's quota buys and how to verify answers.
Oct 22, 2026, 4:04 AM EDT
Claude Security Drops the Scan Button: Continuous Monitoring and Automatic Fix Tracking Reach Public Beta
Anthropic's Claude Security now scans repositories continuously, auto-tracks fixes, and ships an API, webhooks and an MCP connector for Claude Enterprise teams.
Oct 22, 2026, 2:48 AM EDT
Straiker Says a Cybercrime Group Used Claude, Grok and Kimi Agents to Automate Attacks on 400+ Latin American Banks
Straiker says leaked internal files show CyberCartel's CARLIY0S system used role-specialized Claude agents, Grok scouts and a Kimi fallback to target 400+ Latin American banks.

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Diagram: an agent on the left (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or a custom harness) calls the Consensus research agent in the middle over MCP or the API; the agent searches over 400 million papers, reads and summarizes them, and returns an answer on the right where, per Consensus's docs, every sentence carries a citation.

October 22, 2026

Consensus Ships Its Full Research Agent as an API and MCP Server, Putting Citation-Backed Science Inside Any Agent

Consensus now exposes its complete research agent through its API and an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or a custom agent can run citation-backed scientific search as one tool call. What each plan's quota buys and how to verify answers.

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