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Paper Distill MCP for Zed

io.github.eclipse-cj/paper-distill-mcp

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

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Paper Distill MCP in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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