Paper Distill MCP for VS Code
io.github.eclipse-cj/paper-distill-mcp
Academic paper search across 11 sources with AI curation, ranked push, Zotero and Obsidian support.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install Paper Distill MCP in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "openalex-email",
"description": "OPENALEX_EMAIL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "core-api-key",
"description": "CORE_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "telegram-bot-token",
"description": "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "telegram-chat-id",
"description": "TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "discord-webhook-url",
"description": "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "zotero-library-id",
"description": "ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "zotero-api-key",
"description": "ZOTERO_API_KEY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"paper-distill-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"paper-distill-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_EMAIL": "${input:openalex-email}",
"CORE_API_KEY": "${input:core-api-key}",
"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "${input:telegram-bot-token}",
"TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID": "${input:telegram-chat-id}",
"DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL": "${input:discord-webhook-url}",
"ZOTERO_LIBRARY_ID": "${input:zotero-library-id}",
"ZOTERO_API_KEY": "${input:zotero-api-key}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs