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Nutrient MCP
servers

Four Nutrient MCP connections are available. Use Nutrient MCP to extract data from documents and process them. Use Document Engine or Workflow to manage documents where they run, and Web SDK docs MCP when building with the Web SDK.

Hosted

Nutrient MCP

Hosted server for data extraction and document processing. Nothing to install.

Self-hosted

Document Engine MCP

Local server connected to your Document Engine instance.

In-product

Workflow MCP

In-product connection for Workflow 8.20 and later.

Local

Web SDK docs MCP

Local, keyless documentation server for AI coding agents building with the Web SDK.

Hosted

Nutrient MCP

Nutrient MCP runs at https://mcp.nutrient.io/mcp. Add the URL to your agent and sign in with your Nutrient account. Nothing to install, and no API key.

What it does
  • Extract fields described in plain words, with citations and confidence.
  • Parse PDFs, scans, and images to Markdown and tables.
  • Classify documents by type.
  • Convert, OCR, merge, and watermark documents, and create PDF/A or PDF/UA files.
  • Sign and redact PDFs.
  • Check how many credits are left.
Runs
https://mcp.nutrient.io/mcp

Hosted by Nutrient.

Sign-in

Your Nutrient account, in the browser. Requests use your organization’s access and credits.

Install

Nothing to install, and no API key.

Clients

Claude, Claude Code, Codex, and other MCP clients.

Connect

Connect your agent

Add the server. Then sign in with your Nutrient account in the browser.

Step 1: Add the server

Go to Settings → Connectors, add a custom connector, and paste this URL.

https://mcp.nutrient.io/mcp

Step 2: Sign in

Click Connect and sign in with your Nutrient account in the browser.

To work on a file, attach it to your message.

Self-hosted

Document Engine MCP

Local server connected to your Document Engine instance.

What it does

Connects an MCP client to your Document Engine instance.

Runs

Locally, against your own Document Engine instance.

Sign-in

The API authentication token for your instance.

Install
@nutrient-sdk/document-engine-mcp-server
Clients

MCP clients.

Set up

Connect to your Document Engine

Configure the package with the base URL and API authentication token for your instance. Read the release post for the product announcement.

Package

Connects an MCP client to your Document Engine instance.

@nutrient-sdk/document-engine-mcp-server

Environment variable

The base URL of your Document Engine instance.

DOCUMENT_ENGINE_BASE_URL

Environment variable

The API authentication token for that instance.

DOCUMENT_ENGINE_API_AUTH_TOKEN

In-product

Workflow MCP

In-product connection for Workflow 8.20 and later.

What it does

Connects desktop AI apps to your Workflow environment.

Runs

In-product, in Workflow 8.20 and later.

Sign-in

API key. OAuth for web-based AI apps is planned.

Install

Nothing to install. Connect from your Workflow environment.

Clients

Claude Desktop and other desktop apps that accept API keys.

Set up

Connect from your Workflow environment

Workflow MCP is available in-product for Workflow 8.20 and later. From your Workflow environment, connect Claude Desktop and other desktop apps that accept API keys.

Claude Desktop

Available

Other desktop apps that accept API keys

Available

Web-based AI apps (OAuth)

Planned

Local

Web SDK docs MCP

Local, keyless documentation server for AI coding agents building with the Web SDK.

What it does

On-demand access to Web SDK documentation, API type declarations, guides, examples, and the changelog.

Runs

Locally, over stdio.

Sign-in

None. No account or API key.

Install
@nutrient-sdk/viewer-mcp
Clients

Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and other AI coding agents.

Set up

Configure your coding agent

Add the package to your coding agent. It runs locally over stdio, so there’s no account or API key to set up.

claude mcp add Nutrient -- npx @nutrient-sdk/viewer-mcp