# `io.github.LAHutchins91/papers` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.LAHutchins91/papers
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.LAHutchins91/papers
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.LAHutchins91 (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/LAHutchins91/papers-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:17:26.569Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Papers by Ouroboros Apps
Research paper search with real citations and reference formatting for AI assistants
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:03:43.716Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 1 change things and 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (1)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `format_citation`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Format a real paper in APA, MLA, Chicago author-date, or BibTeX using metadata fetched for the identifier. Titles are kept as the source provided them. Author particles may need a human check because display names are split mechanically. If the paper cannot be resolved, do not hand-write a citation.
```

## Only reads (3)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `find_related_papers`

- The name "find_related_papers" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List papers that cite a work (relation cited_by) or papers that work cites (relation references). Every row is an API hit. An empty list means the API returned none, not that none exist.
```

### `get_paper`

- The name "get_paper" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one paper's title, authors, year, venue, and abstract by DOI, PMID, arXiv id, or OpenAlex work id. Metadata comes from the API that resolved the identifier. If no source returns a record, say so. Do not guess the abstract.
```

### `search_papers`

- The name "search_papers" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search peer-reviewed and preprint records by question or keywords. Filters: year_from, year_to, field, open_access, and source (openalex, semantic_scholar, pubmed, crossref, arxiv, or all). Returns only works those APIs returned, each with a source link and an identifier. An empty list means the APIs returned nothing. Do not invent papers to fill a gap.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `papers`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__papers__search_papers",
      "mcp__papers__get_paper",
      "mcp__papers__find_related_papers"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__papers__format_citation"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```