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MinerU Open MCP

MinerU Open MCP is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Parse PDFs, images, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, html into Markdown using MinerU API. It has 220 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx mineru-open-mcp.

github.com/opendatalab/MinerU-Ecosystem (opens in a new tab)

Install MinerU Open MCP

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mineru-open-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mineru-open-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MINERU_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env MINERU_API_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio mineru-open-mcp -- uvx mineru-open-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mineru-open-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mineru-open-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MINERU_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mineru_api_token",
      "description": "MINERU_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mineru-open-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mineru-open-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MINERU_API_TOKEN": "${input:mineru_api_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
MINERU_API_TOKENsecretNoMinerU API token for full capability (higher limits, extra output formats). Omit to use free Flash mode (Markdown only, 20 pages / 10 MB per file).
OUTPUT_DIRNoDirectory for saved parse results when content is written to disk.

About MinerU Open MCP

The official ecosystem toolkit for MinerU Open API Empowering developers and AI agents with seamless document parsing capabilities — PDF · Word · PPT · Images · Web pages → Markdown / JSON · VLM+OCR dual engine · 109 languages · MCP Server · LangChain / RAGFlow / Dify / FastGPT native integration.

FAQ

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What is MinerU Open MCP?

MinerU Open MCP is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Parse PDFs, images, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, html into Markdown using MinerU API. It has 220 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx mineru-open-mcp. The source code is at github.com/opendatalab/MinerU-Ecosystem.

How do I install the MinerU Open MCP MCP server?

Add the command uvx mineru-open-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is MinerU Open MCP free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (MINERU_API_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is MinerU Open MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 22, 2026. The latest release is mcp/mcpb/v1.0.21, published Apr 16, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.