Use OpenPaper from Claude Desktop or another MCP client to start an academic paper, check its progress, and retrieve the finished files. OpenPaper is for researchers who want to generate a cited…
openpaper-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the federicodeponte/openpaper-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Use OpenPaper from Claude Desktop or another MCP client to start an academic paper, check its progress, and retrieve the finished files. OpenPaper is for…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented pypi package is openpaper-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
The example declares OPENPAPER_API_TOKEN. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| start_paper_generation | |
| check_paper_status | |
| list_my_papers |
{
"mcpServers": {
"openpaper": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openpaper-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENPAPER_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_OPENPAPER_API_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| OPENPAPER_API_TOKEN | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
Inspect PostgreSQL schemas and run read-only queries with the archived MCP reference server. Review its maintenance status before choosing it.
Use Firecrawl MCP to retrieve website content and extract information for research through Firecrawl’s API-backed web tools.
Enables programmatic access to the IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive for efficient retrieval of cryptographic research papers.
Manage educational context based on courses, assignments, and exams using a knowledge graph.
MCP server with tools to search, fetch, analyze, and report on scientific papers and datasets.
Scholarly search: OpenAlex, Crossref, arXiv, OpenCitations and PubMed in one endpoint.