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An AWS Labs Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for document parsing

Project description

Document Loader MCP Server

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for document parsing and content extraction

This MCP server provides tools to parse and extract content from various document formats including PDF, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and images.

Features

  • PDF Text Extraction: Extract text content from PDF files using pdfplumber
  • Word Document Processing: Convert DOCX/DOC files to markdown using markitdown
  • Excel Spreadsheet Reading: Parse XLSX/XLS files and convert to markdown
  • PowerPoint Presentation Processing: Extract content from PPTX/PPT files
  • Image Loading: Load and display various image formats (PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WEBP)

Prerequisites

Installation Requirements

  1. Install uv from Astral or the GitHub README
  2. Install Python 3.10 or newer using uv python install 3.10 (or a more recent version)

Installation

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Configure the MCP server in your MCP client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awslabs.document-loader-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["awslabs.document-loader-mcp-server@latest"],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

For Kiro MCP configuration, see the Kiro IDE documentation or the Kiro CLI documentation for details.

For global configuration, edit ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json. For project-specific configuration, edit .kiro/settings/mcp.json in your project directory.

Available Tools

  • read_document: Extract content from various document formats by specifying file_path and file_type ('pdf', 'docx', 'doc', 'xlsx', 'xls', 'pptx', 'ppt')
  • read_image: Load image files for LLM viewing and analysis

Environment Variables

  • FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL: Set logging level (ERROR, INFO, DEBUG)

Development

Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/awslabs/mcp.git
cd mcp/src/document-loader-mcp-server

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Install in development mode
uv pip install -e .

Testing

# Run tests
uv run pytest

# Run with coverage
uv run pytest --cov=awslabs.document_loader_mcp_server

The test suite includes:

  • Server functionality validation
  • Document parsing tests with generated sample files
  • Error handling verification

Sample Documents

The test suite automatically generates sample documents for testing:

  • PDF with multi-page content
  • DOCX with formatted text and lists
  • XLSX with multiple sheets and data
  • PPTX with slides and content
  • Various image formats

Docker

You can also run this server in a Docker container:

docker build -t document-loader-mcp-server .
docker run -p 8000:8000 document-loader-mcp-server

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

Support

For issues and questions, please use the GitHub issue tracker.

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