Paperless-ngx MCP Server

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Paperless-ngx runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 82 installs a week from npm. Last commit 21 Aug 2026.

MCP server for Paperless-ngx 3.x — full REST API coverage, schema-aware, token-frugal.

Installs per day peak 236 · avg 8

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · mcp-paperless-ngx

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0 open issues

21 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Paperless-ngx 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

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Paperless-ngx — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Paperless-ngx?

Paperless-ngx 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 mcp-paperless-ngx was installed 82 times last week.

How do I connect Paperless-ngx?

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 mcp-paperless-ngx straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Paperless-ngx?

The npm package mcp-paperless-ngx was installed 82 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Paperless-ngx open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 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.