Academic writing MCP servers

A server here writes academic papers: LaTeX, citations, journal formatting.

Not here: finding papers to read.

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  1. Number 1: Bibverify@hylouis233/bibverifyVerify and repair BibTeX references with DOI-first MCP tools.2% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.99 GitHub stars.
  2. Number 2: Paper Format Agent@zxyasfas/paper-format-agentLocal-first DOCX formatter for academic papers with a content-fingerprint integrity guard.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.81 GitHub stars.
  3. Number 3: OneCite@hzacode/oneciteGenerate academic citations from DOI, arXiv, titles, or URLs in BibTeX, APA, MLA formats.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.67 GitHub stars.

Best fit

30 made for this, ranked by starsRemoteLocal
  1. Research Hub @wenyuchiou/research-hubResearch workspace for Zotero + Obsidian + NotebookLM. Search, ingest, sync, verify briefs.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.64 GitHub stars.
  2. Overleaf @younesbensafia/overleaf-mcp-serverMCP server for managing Overleaf projects through Git synchronization.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.62 GitHub stars.
  3. paper-preflight @amos689/paper-preflightChecks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. No LLM.2% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.35 GitHub stars.
  4. AIRAS @airas-org/airasAutomated AI research toolkit: hypothesis generation, experiments, and paper writing6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.35 GitHub stars.
  5. MagicTeX @zoelinuts/magictexLaTeX editor for AI agents: live PDF preview, PDF comments that drive edits, git history3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.4 GitHub stars.
  6. LaTeX @sepinetam/latex-mcpEnable AI agents to compile TeX files with LaTeX inside a Docker container.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.3 GitHub stars.
  7. OokCite @turtletech-ehf/ookcite-mcpCatch fabricated citations: verify DOIs/ISBNs and format them in 2900+ CSL styles.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.2 GitHub stars.
  8. Latex Submission Lint @jmshinhwa/latex-submission-lintSeventeen rules on your .tex file: the statements the editorial office looks for, and the source tha5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.1 GitHub stars.
  9. Academic Research Kernel @xngg1021/academic-research-kernelDeterministic research state, evidence validation and statistical recomputation.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  10. CiteVahti @heidihelena/citevahtiChecks whether each cited source supports the claim it backs. Blinded human-first, local-first.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  11. Citeguard @xiaweiyi713/citeguardFalsification-first citation auditor: existence, metadata, and claim-support checks via MCP.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  12. Openpaper @federicodeponte/openpaper-mcpAutonomous research engine: auto research from a prompt to a fully-cited academic paper via MCP6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  13. Sourceright @edithatogo/sourcerightReference verification MCP server for CSL bibliographies, evidence, and audited writes.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from Docker.1 GitHub stars.
  14. Overleaf @yangzichao/mcp-server-overleafOverleaf MCP server for Claude, Codex, ChatGPT, and Cursor with safe LaTeX editing and review.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.
  15. MLA Citation Generator MCP @rocnubie/mla-citation-generator-mcpMLA Citation Generator creates accurate MLA-format citations from a DOI, ISBN, URL, or manual4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from a package registry.
  16. refcheck @benchoi93/refcheckVerify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  17. Science AI Journal MCP Server @selfpy/science-ai-mcp-serverAcademic peer-review, research-gap finding, journal recommender, and article writer tools.8% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.

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