Paperless NGXSAFE

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.

Quick Start

Installation

1. Install the MCP server:

npm install -g paperless-mcp

1. Add it to your Claude's MCP configuration:

For VSCode extension, edit ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json:

{
"mcpServers": {
"paperless": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["paperless-mcp", "http://your-paperless-instance:8000", "your-api-token"]
}
}
}

For Claude desktop app, edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
"mcpServers": {
"paperless": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["paperless-mcp", "http://your-paperless-instance:8000", "your-api-token"]
}
}
}

1. Get your API token:
2. Log into your Paperless-NGX instance
3. Click your username in the top right
4. Select "My Profile"
5. Click the circular arrow button to generate a new token

1. Replace the placeholders in your MCP config:
2. http://your-paperless-instance:8000 with your Paperless-NGX URL
3. your-api-token with the token you just generated

That's it! Now you can ask Claude to help you manage your Paperless-NGX documents.

Example Usage

Here are some things you can ask Claude to do:

• "Show me all documents tagged as 'Invoice'"
• "Search for documents containing 'tax return'"
• "Create a new tag called 'Receipts' with color #FF0000"
• "Download document #123"
• "List all correspondents"
• "Create a new document type called 'Bank Statement'"

Available Tools

Document Operations

list_documents

Get a paginated list of all documents.

Parameters:

• page (optional): Page number
• page_size (optional): Number of documents per page

list_documents({