MCP Documents

Unified MCP Server for Document Processing

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that combines the best features from multiple document processing libraries into a single, efficient Python 3.10 compatible engine.

Features

📄 Word Document Operations (DOCX)

• Create/Open/Save - Full document lifecycle management
• Content - Paragraphs, headings, tables, images
• Formatting - Font styles, colors, alignment, spacing
• Tables - Create, edit, merge cells, add/delete rows
• Sections - Page layout, margins, orientation
• Headers/Footers - Add, modify, zone-based headers
• Styles - Built-in and custom styles management
• Search/Replace - Find and replace with preview

🔄 Format Conversion

• DOCX ↔ PDF - Bidirectional conversion
• Markdown → DOCX/PDF - With styling support
• Markdown → PPTX - PowerPoint presentations
• Image formats - PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF
• Excel → CSV - Spreadsheet conversion
• HTML → PDF - Web page to document

🎨 Advanced Features

• Template support - Reference documents for styling
• Pandoc integration - Advanced format conversion
• Base64 I/O - Direct content handling without files
• Batch operations - Multiple edits in one call

Installation

cd MCP-Documents
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Optional Dependencies

For PDF conversion:

pip install -e ".[pdf]"

For all features:

pip install -e ".[full]"

External Tools

Some features require external tools:

• Pandoc - For advanced format conversion: sudo apt install pandoc
• LibreOffice - For DOCX→PDF on Linux: sudo apt install libreoffice
• wkhtmltopdf - For HTML→PDF: sudo apt install wkhtmltopdf

Configuration

Claude Desktop / VS Code

Add to your MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-documents": {
      "command": "/path/to/MCP-Documents/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["-m", "mcp_documents.server"]
    }
  }
}

Usage Examples

Create a Document

"Create a new Word document called report.docx with title 'Q4 Report'"

Add Content

"Add a heading 'Summary' at level 2, then add a paragraph with the quarterly results"

Format Text

"Make the title bold and center-aligned, set font size to 24pt"

Add Tables

"Insert a 3x4 table with sales data, merge the header row"

Convert Formats

"Convert report.docx to PDF"
"Convert this markdown to PowerPoint and save as presentation.pptx"

Available Tools

Document Management

Tool	Description
create_document	Create new Word document
open_document	Open existing document
save_document	Save current document
save_as_document	Save as new file
get_document_info	Get document statistics

Content Operations

Tool	Description
add_paragraph	Add paragraph with formatting
add_heading	Add heading (level 1-9)
add_table	Create table with data
add_image	Insert image
add_page_break	Insert page break

Table Operations

Tool	Description
edit_table_cell	Modify cell content
add_table_row	Add row to table
delete_table_row	Remove row
merge_table_cells	Merge cell range

Format Conversion

Tool	Description
convert_docx_to_pdf	DOCX → PDF
convert_pdf_to_docx	PDF → DOCX
convert_markdown	MD → DOCX/PDF/PPTX
convert_image	Image format conversion

Search & Edit

Tool	Description
search_text	Find text in document
find_and_replace	Replace text
delete_paragraph	Remove paragraph

Architecture

mcp_documents/
├── __init__.py          # Package exports
├── server.py            # MCP server entry point
├── core/
│   ├── document.py      # Document processor class
│   ├── formatting.py    # Text/paragraph formatting
│   └── utils.py         # Helper functions
├── tools/
│   ├── document_ops.py  # Document CRUD operations
│   ├── content_ops.py   # Content manipulation
│   ├── table_ops.py     # Table operations
│   ├── style_ops.py     # Style management
│   ├── section_ops.py   # Section/layout operations
│   ├── header_footer.py # Headers and footers
│   └── conversion.py    # Format conversion tools
└── converters/
    ├── pdf.py           # PDF conversion
    ├── image.py         # Image conversion
    └── pandoc.py        # Pandoc wrapper

License

MIT License