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Paperbanana MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Paperbanana directly instead of describing what you should do. .
Once Paperbanana is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverpaperbanana on PyPI is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
You will need 6 environment variables: GOOGLE_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_BASE_URL, GOOGLE_BASE_URL, ATLASCLOUD_BASE_URL, ATLASCLOUD_IMAGE_BASE_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Paperbanana's toolset — Prerequisites — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by llmsresearch; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"paperbanana": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["paperbanana"],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "your-value",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
"OPENAI_BASE_URL": "your-value",
"GOOGLE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
"ATLASCLOUD_BASE_URL": "your-value",
"ATLASCLOUD_IMAGE_BASE_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GOOGLE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OPENAI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OPENAI_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| GOOGLE_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| ATLASCLOUD_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| ATLASCLOUD_IMAGE_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Microsoft's official browser automation server — drive a real browser through the accessibility tree, no screenshots needed.
GitHub's official server — repos, issues, pull requests, Actions and code security, straight from your assistant.
Issue tracking at the speed of conversation — Linear's official hosted server with OAuth and zero install.
Local repository surgery — status, diffs, commits, branches and history for any repo on disk.
Timezone sanity for AI — current time anywhere and correct conversions, without the model doing date math.