Liner MCP: cited answers and deep research for your AI app

Run real-time web and scholarly searches, get answers with citations, or start multi-step deep research, all from your AI app through Liner's MCP server. ContextGate connects Liner to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, and Activity shows each search and deep-research run, which matters once a whole team is researching through it.

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Set up Liner Search & Research in your AI app

  1. 1Click Connect Liner free and sign in with your Liner account.
  2. 2Liner's search, answer and deep-research tools are all on after connecting. Deep research runs several steps per request, so switch it off if quick searches are all your team needs.
  3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
  4. 4Ask your AI app to find recent scholarly papers on sleep and memory, with citations, then open Activity to see the Liner call.

Research with sources attached

  • Search the web in real time and get an answer with citations.
  • Search scholarly literature for papers on a topic.
  • Run multi-step deep research on a question and get cited results back.

Research you can account for

  • Activity records every search, answer and deep-research request.
  • Policies check each call, so a secret or a confidential project name can be blocked before a query goes out.
  • Switch off deep research or scholarly search if your team doesn't use them.

What you get with Liner and ContextGate

  • Your AI apps can use LinerClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach Liner through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
  • You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any Liner tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
  • Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

Liner tools

Liner's own MCP server shows its tools once you sign in. When you connect it, they are listed and synced in your workspace.