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Docling MCP MCP Server

io.github.docling-project/docling-mcp

What is the Docling MCP MCP server?

Convert PDFs and other documents to structured formats via Docling, for AI applications.

How to install Docling MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE

    Conversion mode: 'remote' (default) or 'local' (requires docling-mcp[local] extra).

  • DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL

    Base URL of the Docling Serve instance. Required when conversion mode is remote.

  • DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY
    secret

    API key for authenticating with Docling Serve.

  • DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT

    Request timeout in seconds for the remote Docling Serve API. Default: 300.0.

  • DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES

    Maximum number of retry attempts for remote API requests. Default: 3.

  • DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL

    Set to 'true' to fall back to local conversion when Docling Serve is unreachable.

  • DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES

    Set to 'true' to retain page images in converted documents. Default: false.

  • DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE

    Image scale factor (e.g. 1.0, 2.0). Increase to avoid tensor batching errors. Default: 1.0.

  • DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR

    Set to 'false' to disable the OCR pipeline. Default: true.

  • DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE

    Set to 'false' to disable table structure detection. Default: true.

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "docling-mcp",
        "--from",
        "docling-mcp==3.1.0",
        "docling-mcp-server",
        "--transport",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "docling-mcp",
        "--from",
        "docling-mcp==3.1.0",
        "docling-mcp-server",
        "--transport",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "docling-mcp",
        "--from",
        "docling-mcp==3.1.0",
        "docling-mcp-server",
        "--transport",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "docling-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "docling-mcp",
        "--from",
        "docling-mcp==3.1.0",
        "docling-mcp-server",
        "--transport",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add docling-mcp --env DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE> --env DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL> --env DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY> --env DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT> --env DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES> --env DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL> --env DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES> --env DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE> --env DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR> --env DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE> -- uvx docling-mcp --from docling-mcp==3.1.0 docling-mcp-server --transport stdio

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