Install Docling MCP for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"docling-project-docling-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"docling-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE": "",
"DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS": ""
}
}
}
}