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Paper Distill MCP

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

Eclipse-Cjeclipse-cj/paper-distill-mcp★ 67Updated Mar 19, 2026

server.json

{
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.Eclipse-Cj/paper-distill-mcp",
  "description": "Academic paper search across 11 sources with AI curation, ranked push, Zotero and Obsidian support.",
  "title": "Paper Distill MCP",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/Eclipse-Cj/paper-distill-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "version": "0.2.4",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "pypi",
      "identifier": "paper-distill-mcp",
      "version": "0.2.4",
      "runtimeHint": "uvx",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "description": "Email for OpenAlex polite pool (higher rate limits) and Unpaywall queries",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "OPENALEX_EMAIL"
        },
        {
          "description": "CORE API key for enhanced open-access paper retrieval (free at core.ac.uk)",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "CORE_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Telegram bot token for paper delivery",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN"
        },
        {
          "description": "Telegram chat ID for paper delivery",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID"
        },
        {
          "description": "Discord webhook URL for paper delivery",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL"
        },
        {
          "description": "Zotero user ID for saving papers to your library",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID"
        },
        {
          "description": "Zotero API key for saving papers to your library",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "ZOTERO_API_KEY"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Permissions

DeclaredDetected
Runs code—python
Installs—pypi:paper-distill-mcp@0.2.4
Runs install scripts—None
NetworkNoneNone
Needs credentialsCORE_API_KEYDISCORD_WEBHOOK_URLTELEGRAM_BOT_TOKENZOTERO_API_KEYCORE_API_KEYDISCORD_WEBHOOK_URLTELEGRAM_BOT_TOKENZOTERO_API_KEY
Outside the workspace—None
Agent tools—None

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Versions

  1. #10.2.4latestOct 7, 2026