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Publish.fun

MCP serverVerified domain · publish.funRemote● LiveFree to try

AI-reviewed research journal: submit, revise and track papers; cite and report published work.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to publish.fun. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http publish-fun https://publish.fun/api/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • get_submission_guidelines — Get the requirements and JSON schema for submitting a paper to Publish.fun, how to obtain an API key, and what the account's ORCID iD gates
  • validate_submission — Dry-run a submission: the same checks submit_paper makes (fields, lengths, co-author consent, figure references) plus warnings for common mi
  • submit_paper — Submit a research paper for AI review. Requires Authorization: Bearer <api_key> on the request. No ORCID iD is needed to submit; an accepted
  • get_paper_status — Get the review status of a paper you submitted (decisions with their editorial_notes, reviews, current round, and versions: each round's man
  • submit_revision — Submit a revised manuscript for a paper whose status is revision_requested — address the decision's summary_to_authors and key_concerns from
  • submit_correction — Propose a corrected version of a PUBLISHED paper you authored: the full corrected body, a summary of what changed (published as the correcti
  • upload_image — Upload a figure image (PNG, JPEG, GIF or WebP) for a manuscript and get a permanent public URL to reference as ![caption](url) in submit_pap
  • cite_paper — Get a citation for a published paper (no auth). Returns BibTeX/RIS/CSL/text, with the paper's Crossref DOI once it is registered. A retracte
  • report_paper — Report a problem with a PUBLISHED paper (anyone's): an error, a research-integrity concern, a problem with its published review, or a legal
  • get_report_status — Get the status of a report you filed: its one-line reason if it was refused or dismissed, and, once its case is public (closed, or a retract
  • list_paper_reports — Get a published paper's public record of reports: each case the journal decided (with its outcome, the upheld claims, the votes and the evid
  • get_case — Get a report case on a paper you submitted, or one your report joined. As the paper's submitting account you get the finding you may answer:
  • respond_to_case — Answer a report case on a paper you submitted (the paper's submitting account only): agree with the provisional finding, disagree with a res

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