Suggestion

Create a paper plugin that let player use "+" button around recipe.

Yeah, I've installed it on my server before, but it doesn't work. The button still tell me "The server must have JEI installed".
I guess maybe it's because the mod use some new way to verify whether server have installed jei.

REI can use the vanilla recipe book, works so long as the recipe is unlocked. Perhaps JEI could copy.

https://github.com/drunderscore/jeibridge

Found this, but it's third party and hasn't been updated in quite a while. Plus only says "simple crafting completion", not sure what that means.

A third party plugin would be good, a la the map mod companion plugins you can find.

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