Docling MCP for VS Code
io.github.docling-project/docling-mcp
Convert PDFs and other documents to structured formats via Docling, for AI applications.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install Docling MCP in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-conversion-mode",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-service-url",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-service-api-key",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-service-timeout",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-service-max-retries",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-fallback-to-local",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-keep-images",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-images-scale",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-do-ocr",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-do-table-structure",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-image-export-mode",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docling-mcp-cache-max-documents",
"description": "DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"docling-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"docling-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "${input:docling-mcp-conversion-mode}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "${input:docling-mcp-service-url}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "${input:docling-mcp-service-api-key}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "${input:docling-mcp-service-timeout}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "${input:docling-mcp-service-max-retries}",
"DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "${input:docling-mcp-fallback-to-local}",
"DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "${input:docling-mcp-keep-images}",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "${input:docling-mcp-images-scale}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "${input:docling-mcp-do-ocr}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "${input:docling-mcp-do-table-structure}",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE": "${input:docling-mcp-image-export-mode}",
"DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS": "${input:docling-mcp-cache-max-documents}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs