# paperstack-mcp

> Model Context Protocol server for arXiv PDF retrieval and LLM context generation.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/paperstack-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: arxiv MCP Team
- homepage: https://github.com/Aldrin-Joan/paperstack
- repository: https://github.com/Aldrin-Joan/paperstack
- version: 0.1.9
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:paperstack-mcp

### Description (declared)

# paperstack (Model Context Protocol) 
 
[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/paperstack-mcp)](https://pypi.org/project/paperstack-mcp/) [![Python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/paperstack-mcp)](https://pypi.org/project/paperstack-mcp/) [![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/paperstack-mcp)](https://pypi.org/project/paperstack-mcp/) 
 
## Overview 
 
`paperstack` is a production-grade Model Context Protocol (MCP) server focused on arXiv research retrieval. 
It provides: 
 
- arXiv Atom API search by ID/query 
- PDF download, validation, and cache 
- PDF text extraction (title, abstract, body, references) 
- Token-aware context chunking for LLM pipelines 
- CLI, API, and autonomous agent integration support 
 
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## Table of Contents 
 
1. [Quickstart](#quickstart) 
2. [Installation](#installation) 
3. [Usage](#usage) 
4. [MCP Server](#mcp-server) 
5. [Project structure](#project-structure) 
6. [Configuration](#configuration) 
7. [Testing](#testing) 
8. [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) 
9. [Contributing](#contributing) 
10. [License](#license) 
 
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## Quickstart 
 
### 1. Clone repository 
 
```bash 
git clone https://github.com/Aldrin-Joan/paperstack.git 
cd paperstack 
``` 
 
### 2. Set up Python environment (recommended) 
 
```bash 
python -m venv .venv 
# macOS/Linux 
source .venv/bin/activate 
# Windows 
.venv\Scripts\activate 
``` 
 
### 3. Install dependencies 
 
```bash 
pip install -r requirements.txt 
``` 
 
### 4. Run smoke test 
 
```bash 
python test_smoke.py 
``` 
 
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## Installation 
 
From source: 
 
```bash 
pip install -e . 
``` 
 
From PyPI: 
 
```bash 
pip install paperstack-mcp 
``` 
 
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## Usage 
 
### CLI 
 
```bash 
paperstack --help 
``` 
 
Run server locally: 
 
```bash 
python -m src.mcp_server 
``` 
 
### Python API 
 
```python 
from paperstack_mcp import entrypoint  # import alias for the package 
from src.arxiv_client import ArxivClient 
from src.pdf_fetcher import PdfFetcher 
from s…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (1, derived)
- dev.ci-cd (0.756, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/paperstack-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T09:25:32.003Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/paperstack-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/paperstack-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:paperstack-mcp