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docling-mcp

docling 封装成 MCP 服务器,让纯文本大模型(DeepSeek 等)通过工具调用获得"文档视觉"。

docling 是 IBM 开源的高质量文档解析库(PDF / DOCX / PPTX / HTML / 图片),支持 OCR、表格识别、公式抽取、版面分析。但它只提供 Python API。本包把它包成 MCP(Model Context Protocol)服务器,暴露 4 个工具,任何 MCP 客户端都能调用。


中文用户速读

解决什么问题?

DeepSeek-v4 / pro 这类纯文本模型看不了 PDF、图片、扫描件。挂上 docling-mcp 后,模型可以调用工具:

  • 解析 PDF → Markdown 喂回自己

  • 把图片里的文字 OCR 出来

  • 抽出表格结构化数据

  • 把文档切片做 RAG

工具一览

工具

用途

输出

convert_to_markdown

PDF/DOCX/HTML/图片 → Markdown(含表格、图片占位)

{markdown, num_pages, num_tables, num_pictures, ...}

convert_to_text

同上 → 纯文本(无格式标记,适合 token 受限的模型)

string

extract_tables

只抽表格

[{page, index, num_rows, num_cols, markdown, rows}, ...]

chunk_for_rag

用 HybridChunker 切片做 RAG

[{text, index, page, headings, chunk_type, token_count}, ...]

describe_image

真正理解图片(物体/场景/图表/动作),不是只 OCR 文字

{description, model, prompt_tokens, completion_tokens}

所有工具的第一个参数 source 都支持:

  • 本地路径:"E:/docs/report.pdf"

  • HTTP(S) URL:"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.09869"

  • Data URI:"data:application/pdf;base64,JVBERi0xLjQ..."(适合远端 HTTP 客户端上传二进制)

安装

cd E:/ideadatabase/py_data/agent_coding/docling-mcp
pip install -e .

# 首次运行会自动下载 docling 模型(约 500MB,可能慢)

⚠️ 中国大陆网络(必读)

docling 首次启动要从 HuggingFace Hub 拉约 500MB 模型,直连 huggingface.co 通常失败。本包已内置如下规避策略,只需在 .env 或环境变量中配置:

DOCLING_MCP_HF_ENDPOINT=https://hf-mirror.com   # 走 HF 镜像
DOCLING_MCP_HF_BYPASS_PROXY=true                # 强制绕过本地代理(Clash 等常导致 SSL 错误)

__init__.py 在导入 HF 库之前会读取这两个变量并:

  1. 设置 HF_ENDPOINT=https://hf-mirror.com

  2. 设置 HF_HUB_DISABLE_XET=1(关掉 Xet,否则权重文件仍走 us.aws.cdn.hf.co 直连失败)

  3. 清空 HTTP_PROXY / HTTPS_PROXY 等代理变量,设置 NO_PROXY=*(本地 VPN 代理常对 hf-mirror 做 MITM 触发 SSL EOF)

如果镜像仍报超时,手动预热模型(推荐用 Python API 而非 huggingface-cli,Windows GBK 控制台对 CLI 不友好):

# 在能上 HF 的机器或 VPN 上跑
python -c "from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download; \
           snapshot_download('docling-project/docling-layout-heron'); \
           snapshot_download('BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5')"
# 然后把 ~/.cache/huggingface 拷到目标机器

或下载到自定义位置:

HF_HOME=E:/hf_cache python -c "from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download; \
                                snapshot_download('docling-project/docling-layout-heron')"

转换失败时,工具会返回带可操作提示的错误信息(检查 error 字段)。

OCR 引擎

docling 支持多 OCR 引擎,本包按以下优先级自动选择:

  1. RapidOCR(默认,推荐)—— onnxruntime 后端,无 torch 依赖,体积小,已通过 docling 自带安装。

  2. EasyOCR —— torch 后端,语言覆盖广,需 pip install easyocr

  3. docling 默认 —— 上述都失败时使用。

切换为 EasyOCR:pip install easyocr,然后代码会自动用上(见 converter.py:_build_pipeline_options)。

配置

复制 .env.example.env,按需修改:

DOCLING_MCP_OCR_LANGS=en,zh          # 默认 OCR 语言
DOCLING_MCP_VLM_URL=...               # 可选:OpenAI 兼容 VLM 端点
DOCLING_MCP_VLM_API_KEY=...
DOCLING_MCP_VLM_MODEL=gpt-4o-mini
DOCLING_MCP_VLM_ENABLED=false         # 默认禁用,工具入参 enable_vlm 可临时开

图片理解(describe_image 工具)

OCR 只提取图片里的文字,不理解图片内容describe_image 通过一个视觉语言模型(VLM)真正"看"图:识别物体、场景、人物、图表含义。

免费方案:智谱 GLM-4V-Flash(OpenAI 兼容,国内直连):

# 到 https://open.bigmodel.cn 注册获取 API key
DOCLING_MCP_VLM_URL=https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4/chat/completions
DOCLING_MCP_VLM_API_KEY=你的智谱key
DOCLING_MCP_VLM_MODEL=glm-4v-flash

配置好后,直接让模型描述图片:

# 本地图片
curl ... "describe_image" ... "arguments":{"source":"E:/photos/receipt.png","prompt":"这张图里有什么?"}
# 网络图片
curl ... "describe_image" ... "arguments":{"source":"https://example.com/photo.jpg"}

支持任意 OpenAI 兼容视觉端点,不限于智谱。未配置时工具返回清晰的错误提示。

启动(stdio 本地模式)

python -m docling_mcp                 # 默认 stdio
# 或
docling-mcp

配置 Claude Desktop

编辑 claude_desktop_config.json(macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/,Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docling": {
      "command": "docling-mcp",
      "env": {
        "DOCLING_MCP_OCR_LANGS": "en,zh"
      }
    }
  }
}

配置 Cursor / Cline / Continue

类似配置,使用 docling-mcp 命令作为 MCP server。

启动(HTTP 远程模式,供 DeepSeek API 调用)

DOCLING_MCP_TRANSPORT=http DOCLING_MCP_PORT=8765 python -m docling_mcp
# 或
docling-mcp-http

测试:

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call",
    "params":{"name":"convert_to_text",
              "arguments":{"source":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.09869"}}
  }'

给 DeepSeek 用

DeepSeek 当前不直接支持 MCP,但你可以:

  1. 把本服务跑在 HTTP 模式

  2. 在你的应用代码里,用 DeepSeek 的 function-calling 接口,把 4 个工具描述注册为 functions

  3. 当 DeepSeek 决定调用工具时,你用 HTTP 转发到本 MCP,把结果作为 user message 注入对话

参考 examples/deepseek_bridge.py(若存在)。


Related MCP server: doc-ingestor-mcp

English Quick Reference

What

Wraps docling as an MCP server. Text-only LLMs (DeepSeek v4/pro, etc.) gain document vision by calling these tools.

Tools

  • convert_to_markdown(source, [ocr_languages], [enable_vlm], [page_range], [image_caption_mode]){markdown, ...}

  • convert_to_text(source, [ocr_languages], [page_range])string

  • extract_tables(source, [ocr_languages])[{page, index, num_rows, num_cols, markdown, rows}, ...]

  • chunk_for_rag(source, [chunk_size=1024], [overlap=100], [tokenizer], [ocr_languages])[{text, index, page, headings, ...}, ...]

  • describe_image(source, [prompt]){description, model, prompt_tokens, completion_tokens} — semantic image understanding via a VLM (not just OCR text). Requires DOCLING_MCP_VLM_URL/API_KEY/MODEL. Free option: Zhipu glm-4v-flash at https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4/chat/completions.

source accepts local path, HTTP(S) URL, or data: URI.

Install

pip install -e .

First run downloads docling models (~500MB).

Run

python -m docling_mcp            # stdio (default, for Claude Desktop / Cursor)
python -m docling_mcp http       # streamable-http (for remote LLMs)

Env vars

Var

Default

Purpose

DOCLING_MCP_TRANSPORT

stdio

transport mode

DOCLING_MCP_HOST

127.0.0.1

http host

DOCLING_MCP_PORT

8765

http port

DOCLING_MCP_OCR_LANGS

en

comma-separated OCR langs

DOCLING_MCP_VLM_URL

(empty)

OpenAI-compatible chat completions URL

DOCLING_MCP_VLM_API_KEY

(empty)

VLM bearer key

DOCLING_MCP_VLM_MODEL

gpt-4o-mini

VLM model name

DOCLING_MCP_VLM_ENABLED

false

global VLM default

DOCLING_MCP_MAX_FILE_MB

200

per-file size cap

DOCLING_MCP_HF_ENDPOINT

(empty)

HuggingFace mirror, e.g. https://hf-mirror.com for China

DOCLING_MCP_HF_BYPASS_PROXY

true

drop local proxy env vars before HF imports

Tests

pip install -e .[dev]
pytest tests/ -v

Unit tests (sources normalization) run without docling. Smoke tests skip if docling is not installed.


Architecture

src/docling_mcp/
├── __main__.py    CLI entrypoint, stdio/http switch
├── server.py      FastMCP + 4 @mcp.tool() functions
├── converter.py   DocumentConverter singleton, asyncio.Lock, optional VLM pipeline
├── sources.py     path/URL/data-URI normalization → local file
├── config.py      pydantic-settings env config
└── schemas.py     Pydantic models for tool I/O

Key design choices:

  • Lazy init — DocumentConverter (loads torch + models) only built on first call.

  • Lock-serialized — concurrent tool calls share one converter under a global lock.

  • VLM graceful degradation — tries multiple docling API shapes; falls back to OCR-only on failure and emits a warnings field.

  • Three input modes — local path, HTTP(S) URL, base64 data URI; unified to a (Path, cleanup) handle.

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