Paper Distill MCP MCP Server

Name: Paper Distill MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.Eclipse-Cj

io.github.Eclipse-Cj/paper-distill-mcp

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What is the Paper Distill MCP MCP server?

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

How to install Paper Distill MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

OPENALEX_EMAIL
Email for OpenAlex polite pool (higher rate limits) and Unpaywall queries
CORE_API_KEY
secret
CORE API key for enhanced open-access paper retrieval (free at core.ac.uk)
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
secret
Telegram bot token for paper delivery
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID
Telegram chat ID for paper delivery
DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL
secret
Discord webhook URL for paper delivery
ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID
Zotero user ID for saving papers to your library
ZOTERO_API_KEY
secret
Zotero API key for saving papers to your library

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

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

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-distill-mcp"
      ],
      "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 Code

claude mcp add paper-distill-mcp --env OPENALEX_EMAIL=<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL> --env CORE_API_KEY=<YOUR_CORE_API_KEY> --env TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=<YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN> --env TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=<YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID> --env DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL=<YOUR_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL> --env ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID=<YOUR_ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID> --env ZOTERO_API_KEY=<YOUR_ZOTERO_API_KEY> -- uvx paper-distill-mcp