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Docgen MCP Server

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Docgen MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 104 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 Oct 2026.

Render HTML/markdown to PDF, export rows to xlsx, and fill AcroForm PDFs.

Installs per day peak 188 · avg 26 · -20% w/w
a month agotoday
104
Installs / week
npm · @cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server
3
Stars
14 open issues
18 Oct 2026
Last commit
4 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

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Today is the operative word: we check Docgen MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add docgen-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docgen-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.docgen-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docgen-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "docgen-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE (Selects the HTTP transport), MCP_HTTP_HOST (The hostname for the HTTP server), MCP_HTTP_PORT (The port to run the HTTP server on), MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH (The endpoint path for the MCP server), MCP_AUTH_MODE (Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')), DOCGEN_DOCUMENT_TTL_SECONDS (How long a rendered document is retrievable before it expires, in seconds), DOCGEN_MAX_DOCUMENT_BYTES (Hard ceiling on a single rendered artifact in bytes; exceeding it aborts the render), DOCGEN_RENDER_TIMEOUT_MS (Per-render wall-clock budget in milliseconds; exceeding it aborts the render), DOCGEN_INLINE_MAX_BYTES (Artifacts at or under this byte size are returned inline as base64; larger ones omit it), DOCGEN_PDF_ENGINE (PDF rendering engine. Only 'lightweight' is implemented; 'chromium' is reserved and rejected at startup).

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Docgen MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Docgen MCP Server?
Docgen MCP Server runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server was installed 104 times last week.
How do I connect Docgen MCP Server?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Docgen MCP Server?
The npm package @cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server was installed 104 times in the last week. Week over week that is -20%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Docgen MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript, 3 stars on GitHub and 14 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.