Bol AI MCP Server

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Bol AI is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 8 tools.

Extract structured data from Bills of Lading: parties, ports, containers, incoterms. EU-hosted.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 96%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

283 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Bol AI every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add bol-ai --transport http https://bol.ai/api/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://bol.ai/api/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.bol-ai]
url = "https://bol.ai/api/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bol-ai": {
      "url": "https://bol.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "bol-ai": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bol.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

extract

extract_batch

Extract up to 10 freight documents in one call. Provide an array of fetchable URLs; each document is processed and billed independently, and the response reports a per-document outcome so partial success (e.g. running out of credits mid-batch) is explicit.

extract_bol

Extract structured data from a freight document (PDF, PNG or JPG, max 10 MB): Bill of Lading, commercial invoice, packing list, or CMR road waybill. The document type is detected automatically and returned as `doc_type`. Provide either a fetchable `url` or `base64` file content. Fields not present in the document are null — never guessed. Each successful extraction bills one document.

document

get_document

Get the extraction result for a document by id: doc_type, extracted fields, user corrections (when present), and deterministic verification warnings (ISO 6346 container check digits, plausibility flags). `fields` is the best available data (corrections win); `original_fields` and `corrected_fields` show both sides.

documents

list_documents

List the 100 most recent documents for this account with id, filename, status (pending/done/failed), doc_type and primary reference number.

export

export_documents

Export completed extractions as TMS/ERP-ready normalized line rows (one row per container / invoice line / package / goods line), newest first. Optional doc_type filter and max_rows cap. Corrected data wins over the original extraction. For CSV/XLSX files use GET /api/bol/export on the REST API.

get_related_documents

Cross-document reconciliation: find the other documents in this shipment (linked by shared reference numbers such as B/L number and invoice number) and compare them field by field — shipper/seller and consignee/buyer names, total gross weight (5% tolerance) and package counts. Returns matches and mismatches per linked document. Catches the discrepancies that cause customs holds, amended entries and demurrage. Deterministic — no extra document billed.

save

save_corrections

Save corrected field values for an extracted document. The original extraction is kept alongside the corrections; corrected data takes precedence in get_document, exports and reconciliation. Pass the complete corrected fields object (same shape as returned by get_document).

usage

get_usage

Check this account's remaining prepaid credits and subscription status. Call this before large batches to avoid running out of credits mid-workflow. When the account cannot bill more documents, a human can top up at the returned buy_credits_url.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://bol.ai/api/mcp	streamable-http	answering	219 ms	15 min ago

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Bol AI — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Bol AI do?

It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: export_documents, extract_batch, extract_bol, get_document, get_related_documents, get_usage and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Bol AI working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 283 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Bol AI?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Bol AI need an API key?

No. Bol AI completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Bol AI?

It answers our handshake in 283 ms on average, which is faster than 49% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.