Paper Distill MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

        subprocess.run(["git", "add"] + files_to_add, cwd=str(repo), check=True, capture_output=True)

            module = __import__(mod, fromlist=[fn_name])

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add paper-distill-mcp -- uvx paper-distill-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "paper-distill-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.paper-distill-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["paper-distill-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "paper-distill-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "paper-distill-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OPENALEX_EMAIL (Email for OpenAlex polite pool (higher rate limits) and Unpaywall queries), CORE_API_KEY (CORE API key for enhanced open-access paper retrieval (free at core.ac.uk)), TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN (Telegram bot token for paper delivery), TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID (Telegram chat ID for paper delivery), DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL (Discord webhook URL for paper delivery), ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID (Zotero user ID for saving papers to your library), ZOTERO_API_KEY (Zotero API key for saving papers to your library). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.