Papex

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

• Connection: Runs on your computer
• Transport: stdio
• Category: Search & AI memory
• You need to fill in: PAPEX_DELEGATE_PRIVATE_KEY

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "papex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@papexlabs/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAPEX_DELEGATE_PRIVATE_KEY": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_ASSIST_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_RECORD_ARTIFACT_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_ARTIFACT_FILE_CUSTODY_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_SEAL_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_CHECKPOINT_GRANT_ID": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add papex --env PAPEX_DELEGATE_PRIVATE_KEY=your-value --env PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_GRANT_ID=your-value --env PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_ASSIST_GRANT_ID=your-value --env PAPEX_RECORD_ARTIFACT_GRANT_ID=your-value --env PAPEX_ARTIFACT_FILE_CUSTODY_GRANT_ID=your-value --env PAPEX_SEAL_GRANT_ID=your-value --env PAPEX_CHECKPOINT_GRANT_ID=your-value -- npx -y @papexlabs/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "papex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@papexlabs/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAPEX_DELEGATE_PRIVATE_KEY": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_ASSIST_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_RECORD_ARTIFACT_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_ARTIFACT_FILE_CUSTODY_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_SEAL_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_CHECKPOINT_GRANT_ID": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "papex": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@papexlabs/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAPEX_DELEGATE_PRIVATE_KEY": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_ASSIST_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_RECORD_ARTIFACT_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_ARTIFACT_FILE_CUSTODY_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_SEAL_GRANT_ID": "your-value",
        "PAPEX_CHECKPOINT_GRANT_ID": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

• PAPEX_DELEGATE_PRIVATE_KEY secret env
  Delegate key from Papex → Workspace → Connections (shown once). Needed for any grant. Stays on this computer.
• PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_GRANT_ID env
  Grant id that allows preparing private Hypothesis, Discovery and Publication drafts.
• PAPEX_RESEARCH_DRAFT_ASSIST_GRANT_ID env
  Grant id that allows reading selected private-draft context and proposing changes.
• PAPEX_RECORD_ARTIFACT_GRANT_ID env
  Grant id that allows proposing supporting artifacts into a private record version.
• PAPEX_ARTIFACT_FILE_CUSTODY_GRANT_ID env
  Grant id that allows uploading an explicitly selected file set into private quarantine.
• PAPEX_SEAL_GRANT_ID env
  Grant id that allows DELEGATE seals of selected local files or a draft fingerprint.
• PAPEX_CHECKPOINT_GRANT_ID env
  Grant id that allows DELEGATE content checkpoints of a local directory.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry lists no source repo, so we cannot match the publisher (papex.org) to the code

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• – Not applicable

  Endpoint responds

  This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead

• … Not checked yet

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

• More stars than 0% of the other 7251 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 82% of the other 7251 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 33% of the other 7251 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

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