# Nutrient Document Engine MCP Server (MCP server)

> Nutrient Document Engine MCP Server is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server for self-hosted Nutrient Document Engine: extract, edit, redact, and annotate documents. It has 62 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @nutrient-sdk/document-engine-mcp-server.

Connect AI agents to document processing. This MCP server exposes document processing capabilities through natural language, supporting both direct human interaction and AI agent tool calling.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/PSPDFKit/nutrient-document-engine-mcp-server |
| GitHub stars | 62 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: @nutrient-sdk/document-engine-mcp-server |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Other |
| Latest release | v0.0.3 (Aug 27, 2026) |
| Last commit | Aug 27, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.PSPDFKit/nutrient-document-engine-mcp-server |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nutrient-document-engine-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nutrient-sdk/document-engine-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOCUMENT_ENGINE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "DOCUMENT_ENGINE_API_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "DASHBOARD_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --env DOCUMENT_ENGINE_BASE_URL=your-value --env DOCUMENT_ENGINE_API_AUTH_TOKEN=your-value --env DASHBOARD_PASSWORD=your-value --transport stdio nutrient-document-engine-mcp-server -- npx -y @nutrient-sdk/document-engine-mcp-server
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nutrient-document-engine-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nutrient-sdk/document-engine-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOCUMENT_ENGINE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "DOCUMENT_ENGINE_API_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "DASHBOARD_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "document_engine_api_auth_token",
      "description": "DOCUMENT_ENGINE_API_AUTH_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dashboard_password",
      "description": "DASHBOARD_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "nutrient-document-engine-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nutrient-sdk/document-engine-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOCUMENT_ENGINE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "DOCUMENT_ENGINE_API_AUTH_TOKEN": "${input:document_engine_api_auth_token}",
        "DASHBOARD_PASSWORD": "${input:dashboard_password}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `DOCUMENT_ENGINE_BASE_URL` (required): Base URL of your Nutrient Document Engine instance (e.g. http://localhost:5000).
- `DOCUMENT_ENGINE_API_AUTH_TOKEN` (secret) (required): API auth token for your Document Engine instance.
- `DASHBOARD_USERNAME`: Optional: enables the local status dashboard (Basic auth username).
- `DASHBOARD_PASSWORD` (secret): Optional: local status dashboard password.
- `LOG_LEVEL`: Optional log level (default info).

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