Academic paper search across 11 sources with AI curation, ranked push, Zotero and Obsidian support.
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claude mcp add paper-distill-mcp -e OPENALEX_EMAIL=<OPENALEX_EMAIL> -e CORE_API_KEY=<CORE_API_KEY> -e TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN> -e TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=<TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID> -e DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL=<DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL> -e ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID=<ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID> -e ZOTERO_API_KEY=<ZOTERO_API_KEY> -- uvx paper-distill-mcp==0.2.4{
"mcpServers": {
"paper-distill-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"paper-distill-mcp==0.2.4"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
"CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
"TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "<TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID>",
"DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL": "<DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL>",
"ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
"ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<ZOTERO_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"paper-distill-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"paper-distill-mcp==0.2.4"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
"CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
"TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "<TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID>",
"DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL": "<DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL>",
"ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
"ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<ZOTERO_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"paper-distill-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"paper-distill-mcp==0.2.4"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
"CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
"TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "<TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID>",
"DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL": "<DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL>",
"ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "<ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID>",
"ZOTERO_API_KEY": "<ZOTERO_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
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Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
OPENALEX_EMAILOptional | Email for OpenAlex polite pool (higher rate limits) and Unpaywall queries |
CORE_API_KEYOptional, secret | CORE API key for enhanced open-access paper retrieval (free at core.ac.uk) |
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKENOptional, secret | Telegram bot token for paper delivery |
TELEGRAM_CHAT_IDOptional | Telegram chat ID for paper delivery |
DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URLOptional, secret | Discord webhook URL for paper delivery |
ZOTERO_LIBRARY_IDOptional | Zotero user ID for saving papers to your library |
ZOTERO_API_KEYOptional, secret | Zotero API key for saving papers to your library |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (PYPI, stdio) |
| First published | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Last updated | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.Eclipse-Cj/paper-distill-mcp |
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