Mistral OCR MCP Server

Quick Start

Make sure to set up your environment variables first:

• MISTRAL_API_KEY (required, get this from your Mistral API settings)

Installation

1. Using with Claude Desktop

Add the server config to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

Add the following configuration to the mcpServers object in your Claude configuration file:

For Local Installation (on Windows)

"mistral-ocr-mcp": {
  "command": "cmd",
  "args": [
    "/k",
    "npx",
    "-y",
    "mistral-ocr-mcp"
  ],
  "env": {
    "MISTRAL_API_KEY": "<YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY>"
  }
}

For Local installation (on Linux/MacOS)

"mistral-ocr-mcp": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": [
    "-y",
    "mistral-ocr-mcp"
  ],
  "env": {
    "MISTRAL_API_KEY": "<YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY>"
  }
}

For Development (on Windows / Linux / MacOS)

cd /path/to/mistral-ocr-mcp
npm run build

"mistral-ocr-mcp": {
  "command": "node",
  "args": [
    "/path/to/mistral-ocr-mcp/dist/index.js"
  ],
  "env": {
    "MISTRAL_API_KEY": "<YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY>"
  }
}

Location of the configuration file:

• Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Alternative Installation Methods

You can also run this server directly using npx:

npx mistral-ocr-mcp

Or set your API key as an environment variable:

export MISTRAL_API_KEY="YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY"
npx mistral-ocr-mcp

Available Tools

The server provides the following tools for OCR operations:

• ocr_for_local_pdf - Perform OCR on a local PDF file

  • Requires: file_path (string) - The local path to the PDF file
  • Process: Uploads the file to Mistral API, gets a signed URL, and performs OCR

• ocr_for_pdf_url - Perform OCR on a PDF file from a public URL

  • Requires: pdf_url (string) - The public URL of the PDF file
  • Process: Directly processes the PDF from the provided URL using Mistral's OCR API

Development

If you want to contribute or modify the server:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/tan-yong-sheng/mistral-ocr-mcp.git

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the server
npm run build

# For development with auto-rebuild
npm start