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Paper Distill MCP

An MCP server enabling academic paper search across 11 sources with AI curation, ranked push, and integrations for Zotero and Obsidian.

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Paper Distill MCP logo, by Eclipse-CjCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Eclipse-Cj
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What you can do with it

  • Search academic papers across 11 sources
  • Curate papers using adaptive AI delivery
  • Save papers to Zotero library
  • Generate paper note cards for Obsidian

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.4
mcp-registry: io.github.Eclipse-Cj/paper-distill-mcp@0.2.4Source repository
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paper-distill-mcp 0.2.4

pypiuvx
paper-distill-mcp package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.4",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "paper-distill-mcp",
  "runtimeHint": "uvx",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "OPENALEX_EMAIL",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Email for OpenAlex polite pool (higher rate limits) and Unpaywall queries"
    },
    {
      "name": "CORE_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "CORE API key for enhanced open-access paper retrieval (free at core.ac.uk)"
    },
    {
      "name": "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Telegram bot token for paper delivery"
    },
    {
      "name": "TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Telegram chat ID for paper delivery"
    },
    {
      "name": "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Discord webhook URL for paper delivery"
    },
    {
      "name": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Zotero user ID for saving papers to your library"
    },
    {
      "name": "ZOTERO_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Zotero API key for saving papers to your library"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-distill-mcp==0.2.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY>",
        "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
        "TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "<YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID>",
        "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL": "<YOUR_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL>",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-distill-mcp==0.2.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY>",
        "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
        "TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "<YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID>",
        "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL": "<YOUR_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL>",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-distill-mcp==0.2.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY>",
        "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
        "TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "<YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID>",
        "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL": "<YOUR_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL>",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-distill-mcp==0.2.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY>",
        "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
        "TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "<YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID>",
        "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL": "<YOUR_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL>",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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