Paperless-ngx MCP Server

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.

claude mcp add mcp-paperless-ngx -- npx -y mcp-paperless-ngx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-paperless-ngx": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-paperless-ngx"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.mcp-paperless-ngx]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-paperless-ngx"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-paperless-ngx": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-paperless-ngx"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-paperless-ngx": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-paperless-ngx"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: PAPERLESS_URL (Base URL of the Paperless-ngx instance), PAPERLESS_TOKEN (Paperless-ngx API token), PAPERLESS_PUBLIC_URL (URL used when building links, if the instance is reachable under a different name from outside), PAPERLESS_TOOLSETS (Comma-separated toolsets, or all), PAPERLESS_READ_ONLY (Expose only tools that cannot change anything), PAPERLESS_HEADERS (Extra request headers; needed behind forward-auth proxies such as Authentik), PAPERLESS_DOWNLOAD_DIR (Where downloaded files are written), PAPERLESS_MAX_PAGE_SIZE (Hard ceiling on list page sizes), PAPERLESS_TIMEOUT_MS (Request timeout in milliseconds), PAPERLESS_API_VERSION (REST API version sent in the Accept header). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.