Nutrient Document Engine MCP Server

Nutrient Document Engine MCP Server

Connect AI agents to document processing.

This MCP server exposes document processing capabilities through natural language, supporting both direct human interaction and AI agent tool calling.

Which MCP Server Should I Use?

You are in the Document Engine MCP Server repo. Choose this when you need self-hosted/on-prem document workflows and deployment control.

• Ecosystem overview: Nutrient AI Infrastructure
• Product landing page: Nutrient MCP Server

Example Conversations

Once configured, you (or your agent) can interact with documents through natural language:

You: "What documents do I have available?" AI: "I can see you have 3 documents: annual-report.pdf, contract-draft.pdf, and tax-form-2023.pdf. Would you like me to analyze any of these?"

You: "Extract all the names and phone numbers from these invoices" AI: "I found 12 contacts: John Smith (555-0123), Sarah Johnson (555-0456)..."

You: "Redact all social security numbers from these tax forms" AI: "I've identified and redacted 3 SSNs across 2 documents. The redacted versions are ready."

You: "Split this 50-page contract into separate sections" AI: "I've split the contract into 5 sections: Terms (pages 1-8), Payment (pages 9-15)..."

Setup with Claude Desktop

Prerequisites

• Claude Desktop - Download from Anthropic.
• Docker Compose - Download from Docker. For running Nutrient Document Engine locally.
• Node.js 18+ - This MCP server runs via npx.

Licensing

Nutrient Document Engine runs with an evaluation license by default. Please see Removing Evaluation Limitations section on how to remove the evaluation limitations.

1. Start Nutrient Document Engine

Open a terminal window, then run:

git clone https://github.com/PSPDFKit/nutrient-document-engine-mcp-server.git
cd nutrient-document-engine-mcp-server
docker-compose up -d

2. Connect Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop config (Settings → Developer → Edit Config):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nutrient-document-engine": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@nutrient-sdk/document-engine-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "DASHBOARD_USERNAME": "admin",
        "DASHBOARD_PASSWORD": "password",
        "DOCUMENT_ENGINE_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:5000",
        "DOCUMENT_ENGINE_API_AUTH_TOKEN": "secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.