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.
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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.
claude mcp add docling-mcp -- uvx docling-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"docling-mcp": {
"args": [
"docling-mcp"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.docling-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["docling-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"docling-mcp": {
"args": [
"docling-mcp"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
{
"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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