paperless-mcp
Targets Paperless-ngx 3.x as the MCP server's integration. The project is in early development and currently has no tools implemented; planned capabilities are tracked in the backlog.
This server does not currently have a deployable release on Glama. Follow the repository's setup instructions to install and configure it for your MCP client, including any required credentials and local dependencies.
paperless-mcp
An MCP server for paperless-ngx 3.x, built on FastMCP 4.
Status: early development. There are no tools yet; the plan lives in backlog/
(Backlog.md).
Configuration
Variable | Meaning |
| Base URL of the Paperless instance (required) |
| Paperless API token (required) |
| Base URL for links shown to users, if it differs from |
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Related MCP server: Paperless MCP
Development
Requires uv, just and Go (pre-commit builds
the pinned gitleaks that just check runs over the whole history).
just install # create the environment
uv run pre-commit install # run the gates on every commit
just check # the full local gate, identical to CI
just --list # all recipesLint suppressions name a specific code and a reason, e.g. # noqa: S101 -- reason
(see just hygiene). Inline # pragma comments are banned: coverage exclusions are reviewed
exclude_also patterns in pyproject.toml.
Licence
MIT, see LICENSE.
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Maintenance
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