Textin MCP Server
Official# TextIn OCR MCP
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## TextIn OCR MCP Server
TextIn MCP Server is a tool for extracting text and performing OCR on documents, including document text recognition, ID recognition, and invoice recognition. It also supports converting documents into Markdown format.
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### Tools
- `recognition_text`
- Text recognition from images, Word documents, and PDF files.
- Inputs:
- `path` (string, required): `file path` or `a URL (HTTP/HTTPS) pointing to a document`
- Return: Text of the document.
- Supports conversion for:
- PDF
- Image (Jpeg, Jpg, Png, Bmp)
- `doc_to_markdown`
- Convert images, PDFs, and Word documents to Markdown.
- Inputs:
- `path` (string, required): `file path` or `a URL (HTTP/HTTPS) pointing to a document`
- Return: Markdown of the document.
- Supports conversion for:
- PDF
- Microsoft Office Documents (Word, Excel)
- Image (Jpeg, Jpg, Png, Bmp)
- `general_information_extration`
- Automatically identify and extract information from documents, or identify and extract user-specified information.
- Inputs:
- `path` (string, required): `file path` or `a URL (HTTP/HTTPS) pointing to a document`
- `key` (string[], optional): The non-tabular text information that the user wants to identify, input format is an array of strings.
- `table_header` (string[], optional): The table information that the user wants to identify, input format is an array of strings.
- Return: The key information JSON.
- Supports conversion for:
- PDF
- Microsoft Office Documents (Word, Excel)
- Image (Jpeg, Jpg, Png, Bmp)
When the input is a URL, it does not support handling access to protected resources.
## Setup
### APP_ID and APP_SECRET
Click [here](https://www.textin.com/user/login?from=github_mcp) to register for a TextIn account.
Get Textin APP_ID and APP_SECRET by following the instructions [here](https://www.textin.com/doc/guide/account/%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E8%8E%B7%E5%8F%96app%20id?status=first).
### NPX
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"textin-ocr": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@intsig/server-textin"
],
"env": {
"APP_ID": "<YOUR_APP_ID>",
"APP_SECRET": "<YOUR_APP_SECRET>",
"MCP_SERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "600000"
},
"timeout": 600
}
}
}
```
## License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.TDQS
Scored across 3 tools
Each tool targets a distinct document processing task: converting to Markdown, extracting key information, and recognizing text. There is no clear overlap, so an agent can easily distinguish them.
Tool names mix patterns: 'doc_to_markdown' uses verb_noun, 'general_information_extration' uses adjective_noun_noun (with a misspelling), and 'recognition_text' uses noun_noun. The inconsistency and spelling error reduce coherence.
Three tools is on the lower end for a document processing server. While it covers basic operations, the set feels thin and could benefit from additional tools like format conversion or OCR options.
The server covers core document tasks (conversion, extraction, recognition) but lacks common operations like document classification, summarization, or editing, leaving some gaps for complex workflows.