CLI Reference¶

papersmith provides a command-line interface for common operations.

Commands¶

Convert a Markdown file to a .docx document.

papersmith generate input.md -o output.docx --preset academic

Option	Short	Default	Description
`--output`	`-o`	required	Output `.docx` file path
`--preset`	`-p`	`academic`	Style preset name
`--author`	`-a`	`None`	Author name
`--title`	`-t`	`None`	Document title

Alias for generate with the same options.

papersmith convert report.md -o report.docx --preset report

Remove or replace identifying metadata in a .docx file.

papersmith scrub document.docx --author "Public Author"

Option	Short	Default	Description
`--author`	`-a`	`"Author"`	Replacement author name
`--output`	`-o`	in-place	Save to a different file

List all available style presets.

papersmith presets

Launch the MCP server for LLM integration.

papersmith mcp-server --transport stdio --output-dir ~/Documents/PapersmithOutputs

Option	Default	Description
`--transport`	`stdio`	Transport mode: `stdio` or `sse`
`--output-dir`	`~/Documents`	Directory for saved documents

Print the installed version.

papersmith version