Paperless-NGX MCP Server
by nloui
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPERLESS_URL | Yes | URL to your Paperless-NGX instance (e.g., http://your-paperless-instance:8000) | |
| PAPERLESS_API_TOKEN | Yes | Your Paperless-NGX API token generated from the user profile |
Schema
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| bulk_edit_documents | Perform bulk operations on documents |
| post_document | Upload a new document to Paperless-NGX |
| list_documents | List all documents |
| get_document | Get a specific document by ID |
| search_documents | Search documents using full-text query |
| download_document | Download a document by ID |
| list_tags | List all tags |
| create_tag | Create a new tag |
| update_tag | Update an existing tag |
| delete_tag | Delete a tag |
| bulk_edit_tags | Bulk edit tags (set permissions or delete) |
| list_correspondents | List all correspondents |
| create_correspondent | Create a new correspondent |
| bulk_edit_correspondents | Bulk edit correspondents (set permissions or delete) |
| list_document_types | List all document types |
| create_document_type | Create a new document type |
| bulk_edit_document_types | Bulk edit document types (set permissions or delete) |