Paper Distill MCP

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Academic paper search across 11 sources with AI curation, ranked push, Zotero and Obsidian support.

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Add it to your MCP client. The catalogue lists this config verbatim from its source — it does not run, download, or vouch for the server. Review the command before you run it.

Transportstdio (runs a local command)

Env varsOPENALEX_EMAIL CORE_API_KEY TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID ZOTERO_API_KEY

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env OPENALEX_EMAIL= --env CORE_API_KEY= --env TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN= --env TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID= --env DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL= --env ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID= --env ZOTERO_API_KEY= paper-distill-mcp -- uvx paper-distill-mcp

Cursor

Add to Cursor

If the button doesn't open Cursor, use the JSON below — Cursor accepts the same mcpServers config.

VS Code

code --add-mcp '{"name":"paper-distill-mcp","command":"uvx","args":["paper-distill-mcp"],"env":{"OPENALEX_EMAIL":"","CORE_API_KEY":"","TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN":"","TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID":"","DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL":"","ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID":"","ZOTERO_API_KEY":""}}'

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-distill-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "",
        "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "",
        "TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "",
        "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL": "",
        "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "",
        "ZOTERO_API_KEY": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables are listed by name only — fill in your own values. Entries never carry secrets.