Model Context Protocol

Use Docira from Claude

docira-mcp is a thin MCP server that exposes Docira to Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP client. It needs only an API key — no local model stack. Every call runs on the hosted Docira API and bills to your account, the same as the REST API.

Prerequisite: install `uv`

The only thing to install is uv (its uvx runner downloads and runs docira-mcp on demand). Pick one:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

pip install uv   # or: pipx install uv

1 Get an API key

Create a key in the dashboard → API keys. Copy it (pw_live_…) — it is shown once. A free-tier key works; it is metered against your tier’s daily page quota.

2 Add Docira to your client

Open Claude Desktop’s config file (Settings → Developer → Edit Config, or edit it directly) and add the docira server. Paste your key into DOCIRA_API_KEY:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docira": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["docira-mcp"],
      "env": { "DOCIRA_API_KEY": "pw_live_…" }
    }
  }
}

The config file lives at:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

3 Restart and try it

Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop. You’ll see the Docira tools available (the tools/plug icon). Then just ask:

Parse https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762 into Markdown.
Extract { title, authors[] } from https://example.com/paper.pdf.
Parse the local file /Users/me/invoice.pdf and summarize the line items.

Tools

`parse_document` (file_url, operation_mode?, max_pages?)	Parse a document at a URL into Markdown.
`extract_structured` (file_url, json_schema, max_pages?)	Extract structured JSON from a URL using a JSON Schema.
`parse_local_file` (file_path, operation_mode?)	Parse a local file (uploaded) into Markdown.
`get_result` (result_id)	Fetch an async / batch result by id.
`health` ()	API and provider status.

Other clients & troubleshooting

Cursor / other MCP clients: use the same command/args/env in that client’s MCP config.
Tools don’t appear: confirm uv is on your PATH (uvx --version) and that you fully restarted the client.
401 / “DOCIRA_API_KEY is not set”: check the key value in env; create a fresh one in the dashboard if unsure.
Self-hosting: set DOCIRA_API_URL in env to point at your own deployment.