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Paperless-ngx for VS Code

io.github.cubinet-code/paperless-ngx-mcp

Full Paperless-ngx API for AI assistants: search, tag, edit and upload documents, workflows and more

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Paperless-ngx in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "paperless-url",
      "description": "PAPERLESS_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "paperless-api-key",
      "description": "PAPERLESS_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "paperless-public-url",
      "description": "PAPERLESS_PUBLIC_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "paperless-ngx-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "paperless-ngx-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAPERLESS_URL": "${input:paperless-url}",
        "PAPERLESS_API_KEY": "${input:paperless-api-key}",
        "PAPERLESS_PUBLIC_URL": "${input:paperless-public-url}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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