Papertext is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check.
Academic literature search, retrieval, and private library management on top of OpenAlex.
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.
Papertext does not always answer
Over the last week it answered 0.0% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.
claude mcp add papertext-mcp --transport http https://app.papertext.app/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"papertext-mcp": {
"url": "https://app.papertext.app/mcp"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.papertext-mcp]
url = "https://app.papertext.app/mcp"{
"mcpServers": {
"papertext-mcp": {
"url": "https://app.papertext.app/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"papertext-mcp": {
"url": "https://app.papertext.app/mcp"
}
}
}Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://app.papertext.app/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 43 ms | 14 min ago |
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