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research_topic

MCP tool from Paper Pilot by aytzey

Full pipeline: search, download, report, optional citation graph + Zotero sync

How to use it

research_topic is exposed by the Paper Pilot MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the research_topic tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Paper Pilot

$uvx --from git+https://github.com/aytzey/paper-pilot paper-pilot demo "retrieval augmented generation"
FULL PAPER PILOT LISTING

Other tools in Paper Pilot (11)

deep_read_topic

Everything above + full-text extraction with evidence chunks

extract_local_pdf_text

Text extraction from any local PDF

find_similar_papers

Related work expansion from a seed paper

get_pdf_page_text

Exact text of specific PDF pages as JSON, for fine-grained lookups (no base64)

graph_topic

Render an interactive citation / relatedness graph (HTML) for a topic

healthcheck

Verify all connections are up

inspect_open_access_pdf

OA availability check and PDF preview

list_zotero_collections

List collections in your local or web Zotero library

read_pdf_document

Return a downloaded PDF's local path and resource link (embed base64 only on request)

render_pdf_pages

Render PDF pages as images the model can see (figures, tables, layout)

search_literature

Fine-grained multi-source academic search (6 databases)