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Docling MCP for Cline

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Convert PDFs and other documents to structured formats via Docling, for AI applications.

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Install Docling MCP in Cline

~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Code\User\globalStorage\saoudrizwan.claude-dev\settings\cline_mcp_settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "docling-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "<DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "<DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "<DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "<DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "<DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "<DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "<DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "<DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "<DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "<DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE": "<DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE>",
        "DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS": "<DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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