Paperless MCP Server

Name: Paperless MCP Server
Author: nloui

v1.0.0•File Systems•stable

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for interacting with a Paperless-NGX API server. This server provides tools for managing documents, tags, correspondents, and document types in your Paperless-NGX instance.

claudedocument-managementmcpmodel-context-protocolpaperless-ngx

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About

Features

bulk_edit_documents
post_document
list_documents
get_document
search_documents

Use Cases

List and filter documents by fields such as title, correspondent, document type, tag, storage path, creation date, and more. IMPORTANT: For queries like 'the last 3 contributions' or when searching by tag, correspondent, document type, or storage pat

Full text search for documents. This tool is for searching document content, title, and metadata using a full text query. For general document listing or filtering by fields, use 'list_documents' instead.

nloui

Maintainer

LicenseMIT

Languagetypescript

Versionv1.0.0

UpdatedMay 21, 2026

Statushealthy

Maintenanceactive

Works with

ClaudeOpenAIwindowsmacoslinux

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Installation

NPM

npx -y @baruchiro/paperless-mcp

Manual Installation

npx -y @baruchiro/paperless-mcp

Examples

Basic Configuration

Configure Paperless MCP Server

npx -y @baruchiro/paperless-mcp

Configuration

Configuration Details

Config File

claude_desktop_config.json

Web UI

Not available

Security

Authentication

RequiredNo

Features

Data Encryption

Audit Logging

RBAC Support

Performance

Response Metrics

Response Time< 200ms

ThroughputMedium

Resource Usage

Memory UsageLow

CPU UsageLow

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Set Up Paperless MCP Server in Your Editor

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Quick Config Preview

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperless": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@baruchiro/paperless-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json

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