Docling MCP

Docling MCP is a local MCP server: Convert PDFs and other documents to structured formats via Docling, for AI applications. Install it from pypi as docling-mcp.

Claude CodeCodexAntigravity

commandprompt

Terminal

claude mcp add docling-mcp -e DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE=... -e DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL=... -e DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY=... -e DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT=... -e DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES=... -e DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL=... -e DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES=... -e DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE=... -e DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR=... -e DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE=... -e DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE=... -e DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS=... -- uvx docling-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "docling-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE": "...",
        "DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

• Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
• MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
• Environment variables: DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE, DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL, DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY, DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT, DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES, DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL, DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES, DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE, DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR, DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE, DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE, DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS