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Docgen MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 45 installs a week from npm. Last commit 22 Aug 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 146 · avg 15 · +123% w/w
a month agotoday
45
Installs / week
npm · @cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server
1
Stars
8 open issues
22 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 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": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.docgen-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docgen-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docgen-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/docgen-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: 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.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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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 45 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 with the file path 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 45 times in the last week. Week over week that is +123%. 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, 1 stars on GitHub and 8 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.