Paperzilla MCP for OpenClaw

Start your morning with new research worth reading. Paperzilla supplies focused feeds of scientific papers. This plugin combines one or more feeds into a short brief with source links and an explanation of why each paper fits your interests.

It includes the production OAuth MCP connection and a Morning Brief skill. It connects directly to Paperzilla; the pz command-line tool is not required. The existing Paperzilla CLI skills remain available separately.

Install and connect

Requires OpenClaw 2026.10.8 or later. Use the Gateway's own HTTPS address, Tailscale address, or local loopback address for browser sign-in.

1. In OpenClaw's Plugins catalog, find Paperzilla MCP by pors and install it. The package is @pors/paperzilla-mcp; check that identity before installing.
2. Open Plugins → Paperzilla MCP → Overview → Accounts and select Connect for paperzilla.
3. In the browser, sign in to Paperzilla or create an account. Check the account and permissions on the consent screen, then select Allow.
4. Return to OpenClaw and start a fresh chat. Ask it to check your Paperzilla connection and list your feeds.

The equivalent CLI installation is:

openclaw plugins install clawhub:@pors/paperzilla-mcp

The plugin supplies the server definition. A bundle connection can appear under the plugin's Accounts without appearing in Settings → MCP, which lists manually configured servers. Use the plugin's Connect action for sign-in. You do not need an API key or a second server entry.

An existing manual paperzilla server definition takes precedence over the plugin's default. If you already configured Paperzilla, check its URL and scopes before connecting; a beta definition must not be mistaken for production. Installing the plugin does not remove or replace your manual configuration.

Try a morning brief

Help me set up a daily morning research brief from one or more of my Paperzilla feeds. First show my feeds so I can choose them. I care about reliable AI agents and evaluation. Suggest three to five papers, with links and reasons to read.

Choose feeds, a time and a timezone. The skill checks fresh additions, combines duplicate papers across feeds, and reports the feeds and time window covered. Scheduling uses OpenClaw's available automation tools and your authorization; the plugin itself does not create a schedule during installation. Try a manual run before relying on unattended delivery.

For smoother unattended briefs, allow Paperzilla's read-only tools without repeated prompts where your OpenClaw approval settings support it. Keep Markdown generation and feedback writes approval-required unless you choose otherwise. OAuth consent and tool-call approval are separate controls.

Explore before creating a feed

A Paperzilla account is required. Every account can use public digests and papers already in the catalog; a paid subscription or project is not required for those tools. To build a brief from your own feeds, create a project.

Find public Paperzilla digests about machine learning, open the latest issue of a relevant digest, and show three papers with source links.

Read prepared Markdown for this Paperzilla paper and explain its methods, findings and limitations. Tell me if you could only read part of it.

The integration can look up Paperzilla IDs and URLs, DOIs, and supported source URLs against the existing catalog. It does not import missing papers or create projects.

Permissions and writes

The browser asks for these permissions:

A morning brief only reads research. It does not save ratings or start Markdown processing automatically. Markdown reads never enqueue work. Explicit generation requests are limited to ten per minute per account across clients; source availability, deduplication and failure cooldowns still apply.

To save feedback, name the paper and its owned feed, for example:

Star the first paper from that brief in my Reliable AI Agents feed.

A vote replaces an earlier vote, including a star. Ask to clear feedback to remove it. Public-digest access does not grant permission to rate another person's feed.

Accounts, revocation and troubleshooting

An OpenClaw Gateway can share a Paperzilla connection across agents or people. Connect the intended account and use OpenClaw's identity and tool-access controls for shared deployments. The plugin does not isolate each Telegram sender into a different Paperzilla account.

To disconnect, revoke the relevant client at Paperzilla → Connect AI clients. Uninstalling a plugin alone is not a guarantee that saved OAuth credentials are revoked. Reconnect through the plugin's Accounts → Connect action when needed.

If tools are missing, check that the plugin is enabled and your agent can use bundle MCP tools. A fresh connection check distinguishes missing tools from authentication errors or an account without projects. See the OpenClaw MCP guide for callbacks, scope errors, manual-server overrides and additional diagnostics.

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Maintained by Paperzilla. This is a declarative plugin bundle: a remote MCP definition, skill instructions and artwork. It has no executable runtime, install scripts or local CLI dependency. The plugin's instructions are MIT licensed; Paperzilla artwork and trademarks remain Paperzilla's property.