Packforai Mcp

Name: Packforai Mcp
Author: zymsj8j9z9-ship-it

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github.com/zymsj8j9z9-ship-itProductivity0Updated 16w ago

About Packforai Mcp

PackForAI MCP converts common document formats into AI-ready Markdown for people working with documents in Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients. It accepts local files or public URLs and supports OCR for scanned PDFs and full-document output.

Key features

01Converts six document formats
02Produces compact Markdown
03OCR for scanned PDFs
04Processes local files or URLs
05Can return full document content
06Includes a token-savings summary

Use cases

01Convert report PDFs to Markdown
02Convert DOCX files from public URLs
03Extract content from scanned PDFs with OCR

MCP support

The server exposes the `convert_document` tool to MCP clients. It converts documents from a local path or public HTTPS URL and returns Markdown with a token-savings summary.

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Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "packforai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "packforai-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PACKFORAI_API_KEY": "<PACKFORAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run commandnpx -y packforai-mcp

Environment variables to set

PACKFORAI_API_KEYSecretYour PackForAI API key (Pro plan). Create one at https://packforai.com/account

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages

npmpackforai-mcp0.1.1stdio

Tools

Saved tool list · updated 3w ago

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
path	string	No	Absolute path to a local document file to convert.
url	string	No	Public https URL of a document to fetch and convert.
ocr	boolean	No	Force OCR for scanned or image-only PDFs (Pro). Defaults to false.
full	boolean	No	Return the full document.md (e.g. complete spreadsheet tables) instead of the compact version. Defaults to false.

Details

From the project README

PackForAI MCP server

Convert PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, CSV and JSON into clean, compact, AI-ready Markdown, directly inside Claude, Cursor and any other MCP client. Powered by PackForAI.

Instead of pasting a messy PDF into your AI (broken text, lost tables, wasted tokens), ask your assistant to convert it first: it comes back as clean Markdown with up to 65% fewer tokens.

What you need

Node.js 18+
A PackForAI API key (Pro plan). Create one at packforai.com/account.

Install

The server runs via npx, so there is nothing to install globally. Add it to your MCP client's config.

Claude Desktop

Edit claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config) and add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "packforai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "packforai-mcp"],
      "env": { "PACKFORAI_API_KEY": "your_key_here" }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop.

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "packforai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "packforai-mcp"],
      "env": { "PACKFORAI_API_KEY": "your_key_here" }
    }
  }
}

Usage

Once connected, just ask your assistant, for example:

"Convert ~/Downloads/Q4-report.pdf to clean Markdown."
"Fetch https://example.com/spec.docx and give me the AI-ready version."
"Convert this scanned PDF with OCR: /path/to/scan.pdf."

Tool

convert_document

Param	Type	Description
`path`	string	Absolute path to a local document file.
`url`	string	Public https URL of a document to fetch and convert.
`ocr`	boolean	Force OCR for scanned / image-only PDFs (Pro). Default `false`.
`full`	boolean	Return the full `document.md` (e.g. complete spreadsheet tables) instead of the compact version. Default `false`.

Provide either path or url. Returns the Markdown plus a token-savings summary.

Config

PACKFORAI_API_KEY (required) — your PackForAI API key.
PACKFORAI_BASE_URL (optional) — override the API base (defaults to https://packforai.com/api/v1).

License

MIT

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