Is Paper Distill MCP Server safe to use?

Paper Distill MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install Paper Distill MCP Server?

Paper Distill MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Paper Distill MCP Server do?

Paper Distill MCP Server provides 5 tools: setup, add_topic, manage_topics, configure, pool_refresh. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Paper Distill MCP Server?

Paper Distill MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is Paper Distill MCP Server actively maintained?

Paper Distill MCP Server is less actively maintained — last commit was 97 days ago. It has 65 GitHub stars.

Paper Distill MCP Server

paper-distill-mcp

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

65 5 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

No license

Maintained

Last commit 97d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

5 tools · ~429 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

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

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

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What Paper Distill MCP Server does

Academic paper search, intelligent curation, and multi-platform delivery — built on the Model Context Protocol.

Test This Server

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Is Paper Distill MCP Server safe to use?: Paper Distill MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install Paper Distill MCP Server?: Paper Distill MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Paper Distill MCP Server do?: Paper Distill MCP Server provides 5 tools: setup, add_topic, manage_topics, configure, pool_refresh. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Paper Distill MCP Server?: Paper Distill MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Paper Distill MCP Server actively maintained?: Paper Distill MCP Server is less actively maintained — last commit was 97 days ago. It has 65 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

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

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

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Read me

What Paper Distill MCP Server does

Academic paper search, intelligent curation, and multi-platform delivery — built on the Model Context Protocol.

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

uvx 'paper-distill-mcp' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

After testing, let us know if it worked:

README

📚 Paper Distill MCP Server

Academic paper search, intelligent curation, and multi-platform delivery — built on the Model Context Protocol.

Compatible with all MCP clients: Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Trae, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw, VS Code, Zed, and more.

⚠️ Early development stage. Many features are still being validated and may contain bugs or instabilities. Feedback and bug reports are warmly welcome!

✨ Features

🔍 11-source parallel search — OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, arXiv, Papers with Code, CrossRef, Europe PMC, bioRxiv, DBLP, CORE, Unpaywall
🤖 Adaptive AI delivery — the agent tracks your evolving research interests and automatically refines search keywords and recommendations over time
📊 4-dimensional weighted ranking — relevance × recency × impact × novelty, fully customizable weights
👥 Dual-AI blind review — two AI reviewers independently shortlist papers; a chief reviewer synthesizes a final push/overflow/discard decision (optional)
🧹 Scraper delegation — offload abstract extraction to a low-cost agent or API to cut token spend significantly
🌐 Personal paper library site — Astro + Vercel auto-deploy; site updates within 30 seconds of each push
📬 Multi-platform delivery — Telegram / Discord / Feishu / WeCom
📦 Zotero integration — save papers to Zotero with one command
📝 Obsidian integration — auto-generate paper note cards with Zotero backlinks; supports summary and template modes

🚀 Quick Install

uvx paper-distill-mcp

That's it. Your AI client will discover all tools automatically. No API keys required for basic paper search.

No uv? → curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh or brew install uv

Other installation methods (pip / Homebrew / Docker / source)

pip:

pip install paper-distill-mcp

Homebrew:

brew tap Eclipse-Cj/tap
brew install paper-distill-mcp

Docker:

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/eclipse-cj/paper-distill-mcp

From source (developers):

git clone https://github.com/Eclipse-Cj/paper-distill-mcp.git
cd paper-distill-mcp
python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip && .venv/bin/pip install -e .

🔗 Connecting to AI Clients

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config):

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add paper-distill -- uvx paper-distill-mcp

Or add to .mcp.json:

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

Codex CLI (OpenAI)

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.paper-distill]
command = "uvx"
args = ["paper-distill-mcp"]

Gemini CLI (Google)

Add to ~/.gemini/settings.json:

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

OpenClaw

mcporter config add paper-distill --command uvx --scope home -- paper-distill-mcp
mcporter list  # verify

To remove: mcporter config remove paper-distill

OpenClaw — install from source

git clone https://github.com/Eclips

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/Eclipse-Cj/paper-distill-mcp#readme)

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Scored, not listed

Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

80/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−20

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked paper-distill-mcp against OSV.dev.

Inventory

Tools (5)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~429 tokens total

Community

Reviews

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Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Paper Distill MCP Server safe to use?: Paper Distill MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install Paper Distill MCP Server?: Paper Distill MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Paper Distill MCP Server do?: Paper Distill MCP Server provides 5 tools: setup, add_topic, manage_topics, configure, pool_refresh. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Paper Distill MCP Server?: Paper Distill MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Paper Distill MCP Server actively maintained?: Paper Distill MCP Server is less actively maintained — last commit was 97 days ago. It has 65 GitHub stars.