PaperMCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEMINI_API_KEY | No | Optional API key enabling Gemini synthesis for ask_paper. Requires installing the gemini extra. | |
| PAPERMCP_CACHE_DIR | No | Controls cache storage location, relative to the working directory by default. | .paper-cache |
| PAPERMCP_GEMINI_MODEL | No | Selects the Gemini model used for synthesis when GEMINI_API_KEY is set. | gemini-2.5-flash |
| SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY | No | Optional API key for Semantic Scholar to avoid rate limiting of unauthenticated requests. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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No resources | |
This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo issues