Papers MCP Server

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• Poetry

Setup

1. Install dependencies

   poetry install

2. Activate the virtual environment

   poetry shell

   Or manually:

   poetry env info --path
   # Then activate using the path shown
   # On Windows:
   # <path>\Scripts\activate
   # On Linux/Mac:
   # source <path>/bin/activate

3. Run the MCP server

   python main.py

4. Open the MCP Inspector From the project root, run:

   npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@latest python main.py

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• All logs are saved in the logs/ folder.
• Tools are defined in main.py.