Paper Preflight MCP Server
Pre-submission integrity gate for LaTeX papers: every reference verified against real scholarly records. No LLM guessing.
Paper Preflight is an open-source mcp server by amos689, written mainly in Python, with 142 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Oct 15, 2026. The latest PyPI release is paper-preflight 1.0.0, published Oct 15, 2026, with 99 downloads last week.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 287e407. Seen able to read environment and secrets, connect to the internet. Scan policy
How to install Paper Preflight
Built from the start command in the project's README: uvx paper-preflight check path/to/paper. Check the README for required keys or settings.
claude mcp add paper-preflight -- uvx paper-preflight check path/to/paper{
"mcpServers": {
"paper-preflight": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"paper-preflight",
"check",
"path/to/paper"
]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"paper-preflight": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"paper-preflight",
"check",
"path/to/paper"
]
}
}
}code --add-mcp '{"name":"paper-preflight","command":"uvx","args":["paper-preflight","check","path/to/paper"]}'What Paper Preflight can touch
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run shell commandsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Read environment and secretsFound in the code by our scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Control a web browserNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Connect to the internetFound in the code by our scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit 287e407, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Paper Preflight
AgenticMart scanned Paper Preflight on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- An MCP server is a program your AI app starts and talks to. A local one runs with your user's permissions: it can see the files, environment variables and network your account can.
Before you install
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by amos689 on GitHub, 142 stars and 10 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Oct 15, 2026.
- Open-source license: MIT.
Paper Preflight is an open-source mcp server by amos689, written mainly in Python. Pre-submission integrity gate for LaTeX papers: every reference verified against real scholarly records. No LLM guessing.
At a glance
- Stars
- 142
- Forks
- 10
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Created
- Oct 2026
- Last update
- Oct 15, 2026
- Type
- MCP Server
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Paper Preflight
What is Paper Preflight?
Pre-submission integrity gate for LaTeX papers: every reference verified against real scholarly records. No LLM guessing.
Who maintains Paper Preflight?
Paper Preflight is maintained by amos689 on GitHub (amos689/paper-preflight). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Paper Preflight safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Paper Preflight on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Paper Preflight use?
It is published under the MIT license.
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