# paper-preflight (MCP server)

> paper-preflight is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Checks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. It has 107 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx paper-preflight.

Check every reference of a paper against real scholarly records before you submit. No LLM guessing, no false accusations.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/amos689/paper-preflight |
| GitHub stars | 107 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: paper-preflight |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Latest release | v1.0.0 (Oct 15, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 15, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.amos689/paper-preflight |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-preflight": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-preflight"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio paper-preflight -- uvx paper-preflight
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper-preflight": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-preflight"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "paper-preflight": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "paper-preflight"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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