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on your own machines, one way per deploy method#!/usr/bin/env bash # docling (io.github.docling-project/docling-mcp), recipe baremetal (generated). # Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent"; started by mcp-my-agent-docling.service. set -euo pipefail export HOST=127.0.0.1 PORT=8101 exec uvx mcp-proxy --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8101 --pass-environment -- uvx docling-mcp==3.3.0 [Unit] Description=MCP server docling (toolset my-agent), generated by Hub After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target [Service] Type=simple User=mcp Group=mcp EnvironmentFile=/etc/mcp/my-agent.env Environment=HOME=/var/lib/mcp/docling WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/mcp/docling ExecStart=/opt/mcp/my-agent/bin/docling.sh Restart=on-failure RestartSec=5 NoNewPrivileges=true ProtectSystem=strict ProtectHome=true PrivateTmp=true ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/mcp/docling [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
docker run --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8101:8000 -e DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE -e DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL -e DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY -e DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT -e DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES -e DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL -e DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES -e DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE -e DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR -e DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE -e DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION -e DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET -e DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE -e DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim sh -c 'uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx docling-mcp==3.3.0'
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-18T08:44:36+00:00).
# Each package server runs behind a stdio->HTTP bridge and listens on localhost only.
# cp .env.example .env # fill the ${VAR}s
# docker compose up -d && bash smoke.sh
# Remote servers are not here: clients reach them directly (see clients/).
name: mcp-my-agent
services:
docling:
image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
command:
- sh
- -c
- uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx docling-mcp==3.3.0
ports:
- 127.0.0.1:8101:8000
volumes:
- uv-cache:/root/.cache/uv
healthcheck:
test:
- CMD
- python3
- -c
- import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8000/status')
interval: 30s
timeout: 5s
retries: 5
start_period: 2m
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE: ${DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE}
DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL: ${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL}
DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY: ${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY}
DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT: ${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT}
DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES: ${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES}
DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL: ${DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL}
DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES: ${DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES}
DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE: ${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE}
DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR: ${DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR}
DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE: ${DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE}
DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION: ${DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION}
DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET: ${DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET}
DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE: ${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE}
DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS: ${DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS}
volumes:
npm-cache: {}
uv-cache: {}
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-18T08:44:36+00:00).
# kubectl create namespace mcp
# kubectl -n mcp create secret generic mcp-credentials --from-env-file=.env
# kubectl apply -f kubernetes.yaml
# Services are cluster-internal: <name>.mcp.svc.cluster.local:8000/mcp. Put an ingress
# with auth in front before exposing any of them.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: mcp
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: docling
namespace: mcp
labels: &id001
app: docling
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels: *id001
template:
metadata:
labels: *id001
spec:
containers:
- name: docling
image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
ports:
- containerPort: 8000
name: http
env:
- name: DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE
- name: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL
- name: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY
- name: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT
- name: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES
- name: DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL
- name: DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES
- name: DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE
- name: DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR
- name: DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE
- name: DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION
- name: DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET
- name: DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE
- name: DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS
command:
- sh
- -c
- uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx docling-mcp==3.3.0
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /status
port: http
initialDelaySeconds: 10
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: docling
namespace: mcp
spec:
selector:
app: docling
ports:
- port: 8000
targetPort: http
name: http
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-18T08:44:36+00:00).
# Credentials come from the Secret 'mcp-credentials' (kubectl create secret generic ... --from-env-file=.env).
# Each server under `servers` is one Deployment + Service; the keys after it configure
# upstream charts a worker verified.
servers:
docling:
enabled: true
replicas: 1
port: 8000
path: /mcp
container:
name: docling
image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
ports:
- containerPort: 8000
name: http
env:
- name: DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE
- name: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL
- name: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY
- name: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT
- name: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES
- name: DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL
- name: DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES
- name: DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE
- name: DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR
- name: DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE
- name: DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION
- name: DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET
- name: DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE
- name: DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: mcp-credentials
key: DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS
command:
- sh
- -c
- uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx docling-mcp==3.3.0
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /status
port: http
initialDelaySeconds: 10
# helm install my-agent helm/my-agent -n mcp
in the cloud
one click: the provider's deploy form opens filled in, in your own account- koyeb
-
The form opens with CHANGE_ME for each value you supply: DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE, DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL, 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. Fill them in before you deploy.
Clients connect to the service's https://…koyeb.app address plus /mcp.
- azure
-
A Container Apps environment with one app per server, each with HTTPS ingress and one replica. The portal asks for each value you supply as a secure parameter; the deployment's outputs list the endpoints.
connect to it
copy what your client needsuvx docling-mcp==3.3.0 # env: DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE, DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL, 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
{
"mcpServers": {
"docling": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"docling-mcp==3.3.0"
],
"env": {
"DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "${DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES}",
"DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "${DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL}",
"DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "${DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES}",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "${DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "${DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION": "${DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION}",
"DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET": "${DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET}",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE": "${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS": "${DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS}"
}
}
}
}
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Registers every server with Claude Code (run once; `claude mcp list` to check).
set -euo pipefail
set -a; [ -f .env ] && source .env; set +a
claude mcp add docling -e "DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE=${DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL=${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY=${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT=${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES=${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL=${DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES=${DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE=${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR=${DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE=${DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION=${DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET=${DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE=${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE}" -e "DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS=${DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS}" -- uvx docling-mcp==3.3.0
{
"mcpServers": {
"docling": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"docling-mcp==3.3.0"
],
"env": {
"DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "${DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES}",
"DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "${DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL}",
"DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "${DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES}",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "${DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "${DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION": "${DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION}",
"DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET": "${DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET}",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE": "${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS": "${DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS}"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"docling": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"docling-mcp==3.3.0"
],
"env": {
"DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE": "${DOCLING_MCP_CONVERSION_MODE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_URL}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT}",
"DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES": "${DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_MAX_RETRIES}",
"DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL": "${DOCLING_MCP_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL}",
"DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES": "${DOCLING_MCP_KEEP_IMAGES}",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE": "${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGES_SCALE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR": "${DOCLING_MCP_DO_OCR}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE": "${DOCLING_MCP_DO_TABLE_STRUCTURE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION": "${DOCLING_MCP_DO_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION}",
"DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET": "${DOCLING_MCP_PICTURE_DESCRIPTION_PRESET}",
"DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE": "${DOCLING_MCP_IMAGE_EXPORT_MODE}",
"DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS": "${DOCLING_MCP_CACHE_MAX_DOCUMENTS}"
}
}
}
}
name: my-agent target: local servers: - hub: io.github.docling-project/docling-mcp
- not probed yet: tools unpinned, ingest lists them