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MinerU MCP Server

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MinerU runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 618 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.

MinerU document parsing API — PDFs, images, DOCX, PPTX with OCR and batch processing.

Installs per day peak 32 · avg 18 · -51% w/w
a month agotoday
618
Installs / week
npm · mineru-mcp
10
Stars
0 open issues
16 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call mineru_parse.url → src/index.ts:768, mineru_batch_status.batch_id → src/index.ts:863, mineru_batch_status.batch_id → src/index.ts:927
          const out = execFileSync("mdls", ["-raw", "-name", "kMDItemNumberOfPages", params.file], { timeout: 10_000 }).toString().trim();
Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Reads files and sends them to the network src/index.ts:7
import { readFileSync, createWriteStream, readdirSync, statSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, unlinkSync, rmSync, realpathSync, copyFileSync } from "node:fs";

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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Connect this server

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 mineru -- npx -y mineru-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mineru": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mineru-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mineru]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mineru-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mineru": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mineru-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mineru": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mineru-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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MinerU — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MinerU?
MinerU 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 mineru-mcp was installed 618 times last week.
How do I connect MinerU?
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 mineru-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MinerU?
The npm package mineru-mcp was installed 618 times in the last week. Week over week that is -51%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MinerU open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 10 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.