search_literature

MCP tool from Paper Pilot by aytzey

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

How to use it

Project documentation lists search_literature for the Paper Pilot MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), then check which tools your installed version makes available. Tool availability can depend on configuration and credentials. A server handshake does not verify this tool’s behavior. See the full listing for setup details.

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)

research_topic

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