Is Paper Distill Mcp safe to use?

Paper Distill Mcp 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. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

How do I install Paper Distill Mcp?

Paper Distill Mcp can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

What AI clients work with Paper Distill Mcp?

Paper Distill Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is Paper Distill Mcp actively maintained?

Paper Distill Mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 56 days ago. It has 62 GitHub stars.

Paper Distill Mcp

Name: Paper Distill Mcp
Author: Eclipse-Cj

by Eclipse-Cj

MCP server for academic paper search, curation, and multi-platform push

62 0 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

AGPL-3.0 license

Maintained

Last commit 56d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio

0 tools

Grade F

Edit this pageView history

Data Education

Step 1

Install in your client

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

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Are you the author?

Add this badge to your README to show your security score and help users find safe servers.

Embed in your READMEAbout badges →

[![MCPpedia Score](https://mcppedia.org/api/badge/paper-distill-mcp)](https://mcppedia.org/s/paper-distill-mcp)

Read me

What Paper Distill Mcp does

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

Test This Server

No automated test available for this server. Check the GitHub README for setup instructions.

Loading README…

Scored, not listed

Why this score

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

Score breakdown

35/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−65

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

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 safe to use?: Paper Distill Mcp 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. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.
How do I install Paper Distill Mcp?: Paper Distill Mcp can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with Paper Distill Mcp?: Paper Distill Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Paper Distill Mcp actively maintained?: Paper Distill Mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 56 days ago. It has 62 GitHub stars.

Similar servers

Others in data / education

View all →

Supabase MCP Server97

Manage Supabase projects — databases, auth, storage, and edge functions

2.7k 4

Firecrawl Mcp Server95

🔥 Official Firecrawl MCP Server - Adds powerful web scraping and search to Cursor, Claude and any other LLM clients.

6.3k 4

Apify Mcp Server94

The Apify MCP server enables your AI agents to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, or any other website using thousands of ready-made scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools available on the Apify Store.

1.2k 1

Arxiv Mcp Server94

A Model Context Protocol server for searching and analyzing arXiv papers

2.7k 4

MCP Security Weekly

Get CVE alerts and security updates for Paper Distill Mcp and similar servers.

Community

Discussion

Start a conversation

Ask a question, share a tip, or report an issue.

Has anyone used this with Cursor?How do you handle auth?Any alternatives?

Edit this pageView history

Data Education

Step 1

Install in your client

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

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-distill-mcp": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Are you the author?

Add this badge to your README to show your security score and help users find safe servers.

Embed in your READMEAbout badges →

[![MCPpedia Score](https://mcppedia.org/api/badge/paper-distill-mcp)](https://mcppedia.org/s/paper-distill-mcp)

Read me

What Paper Distill Mcp does

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

Test This Server

No automated test available for this server. Check the GitHub README for setup instructions.

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)

Loading README…

Scored, not listed

Why this score

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

Score breakdown

35/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−65

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

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 safe to use?: Paper Distill Mcp 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. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.
How do I install Paper Distill Mcp?: Paper Distill Mcp can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with Paper Distill Mcp?: Paper Distill Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Paper Distill Mcp actively maintained?: Paper Distill Mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 56 days ago. It has 62 GitHub stars.