paperless-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPERLESS_URL | Yes | The URL of the Paperless-ngx server, e.g. http://paperless.local:8000 | |
| PAPERLESS_TOKEN | Yes | API token from Paperless-ngx (obtained via /api/token/) | |
| PAPERLESS_TIMEOUT_MS | No | Timeout in milliseconds for API requests (optional, default 15000) | 15000 |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| paperless_healthA | Get Paperless-ngx status (database status and available tasks — connectivity check) |
| search_documentsA | Search Paperless-ngx documents by full-text query, returns summaries with IDs |
| get_documentA | Get the full content and metadata of a single Paperless-ngx document by ID |
| update_documentB | Update metadata fields (title, correspondent, document type, tags, created date) on a Paperless-ngx document |
| list_tagsA | List all tags defined in Paperless-ngx with their IDs and document counts |
| list_correspondentsB | List all correspondents defined in Paperless-ngx with their IDs and document counts |
| list_document_typesA | List all document types defined in Paperless-ngx with their IDs and document counts |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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