FillWise runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 50 installs a week from npm.
Fill PDF forms with AI from plain text: fillable and flat PDFs, USCIS and other official forms.
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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 fillwise-mcp -e 'FILLWISE_API_KEY=<FILLWISE_API_KEY>' -- npx -y fillwise-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"fillwise-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fillwise-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FILLWISE_API_KEY": "<FILLWISE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.fillwise-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "fillwise-mcp"]
env = { FILLWISE_API_KEY = "<FILLWISE_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"fillwise-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fillwise-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FILLWISE_API_KEY": "<FILLWISE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"fillwise-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fillwise-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FILLWISE_API_KEY": "<FILLWISE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<FILLWISE_API_KEY> (API key from fillwise.ai/account, section API keys).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
FILLWISE_API_URL (API base URL, default https://fillwise.ai).
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