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Docling MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 5 578 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 7 Sep 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 2 411 · avg 1 057 · -12% w/w
a month agotoday
5 578
Installs / week
pypi · docling-mcp
745
Stars
11 open issues
7 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
Python

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Today is the operative word: we check Docling MCP 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 docling-mcp -- uvx docling-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "docling-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.docling-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["docling-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "docling-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "docling-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: 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 (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.), DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE (Controls how images are rendered when exporting to Markdown. Accepted values: 'placeholder' (default, emits <!-- image -->), 'embedded' (base64 data-URI), 'referenced' (file path / URL).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Docling MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Docling MCP?
Docling MCP 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 pypi package docling-mcp was installed 5 578 times last week.
How do I connect Docling MCP?
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 docling-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Docling MCP?
The pypi package docling-mcp was installed 5 578 times in the last week. Week over week that is -12%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Docling MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 745 stars on GitHub and 11 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.