Paperbanana

Open source implementation and extension of Google Research’s PaperBanana for automated academic figures, diagrams, and research visuals, expanded to new domains like slide generation.

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Claude Code — run this in your terminal:

claude mcp add paperbanana --env GOOGLE_API_KEY=YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY -- uvx --from 'paperbanana[mcp]' paperbanana-mcp

Claude Desktop and other clients: paste this into the configuration file

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperbanana": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "paperbanana[mcp]",
        "paperbanana-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

After adding, fill in: GOOGLE_API_KEY

Some arguments are placeholders from the README. Replace them with your own values.

Built from the configuration example in the project's README. The buttons open the app on your computer, which asks you to confirm before anything is added.

Install

pip install paperbanana

git clone https://github.com/llmsresearch/paperbanana.git

pip install -e ".[dev,openai,google]"

Copied from the project's README. Read what it does before you run it.

README scanSafe

Nothing risky found in the commands its README asks you to run.

Needs an API key or token"env": { "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "your-google-api-key" }

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Stars: 2,480
Forks: 345
Last updated: Sep 17, 2026
License: MIT
Language: Python
Created: Feb 4, 2026
Open issues: 12
Quality score: A 72/100

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