Paperboy vs Hlido MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Paperboy and Hlido MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Paperboy when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Research domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Searches OpenAlex and arXiv, Recommends related papers with Semantic Scholar, Maintains Zotero reading queues and collections.

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Choose Hlido MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Research domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: trust_check, find_trusted, verify_claim.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Paperboy michaelellis003 Research	Hlido MCP ankitkapur1992-hlido Research
Summary	Send research papers from Claude to a Kindle or Kobo, with Zotero as the source of truth. Searches arXiv and OpenAlex, recommends related work via the Semantic Scholar citation graph, queues papers in a Zotero collection, and delivers the PDFs by email or Dropbox. Receipts report file sizes and name anything that could not be sent.	Independent trust scores, claim audits, and comparisons for AI agents — queryable by your agent over MCP. Hosted Cloudflare Worker at hlido.eu/mcp (no install). Returns a 0–100 score, tier verdict, per-claim PASS/FAIL audit, and signed evidence for a reviewed agent. From Hlido.
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "michaelellis003-paperboy": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "michaelellis003-paperboy"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ankitkapur1992-hlido-hlido-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "wrangler"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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