Paperless MCP

What it does

Connects an AI assistant to a Paperless-NGX instance, allowing it to manage a digital document archive. The AI can perform full-text searches, organize documents with tags and correspondents, upload new files, and retrieve OCR content or metadata.

Tools

• search_documents: Full-text search across the archive.
• list_documents: Retrieve filtered lists of documents.
• upload_document: Upload new documents for processing.
• bulk_edit_documents: Perform bulk updates on tags, types, or correspondents.
• create_download_link: Generate secure, time-limited URLs for original files.
• get_document_content: Extract and read the OCR text of a document.

Installation

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperless-mcp": {
      "command": "paperless-mcp",
      "env": {
        "PAPERLESS_MCP_PAPERLESS_URL": "https://your-paperless-url.com",
        "PAPERLESS_MCP_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

• Claude Desktop