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io.github.GermaniU/mineru-mcp · v0.1.0

Parse PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX and images to Markdown (tables, LaTeX) via a self-hosted MinerU API.

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Terminal

claude mcp add mineru-mcp -e MINERU_URL=<MINERU_URL> -e MINERU_BACKEND=<MINERU_BACKEND> -e MINERU_PARSE_METHOD=<MINERU_PARSE_METHOD> -e MINERU_LANG=<MINERU_LANG> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/germaniu/mineru-mcp:0.1.0

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mineru-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/germaniu/mineru-mcp:0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MINERU_URL": "<MINERU_URL>",
        "MINERU_BACKEND": "<MINERU_BACKEND>",
        "MINERU_PARSE_METHOD": "<MINERU_PARSE_METHOD>",
        "MINERU_LANG": "<MINERU_LANG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mineru-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/germaniu/mineru-mcp:0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MINERU_URL": "<MINERU_URL>",
        "MINERU_BACKEND": "<MINERU_BACKEND>",
        "MINERU_PARSE_METHOD": "<MINERU_PARSE_METHOD>",
        "MINERU_LANG": "<MINERU_LANG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mineru-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/germaniu/mineru-mcp:0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MINERU_URL": "<MINERU_URL>",
        "MINERU_BACKEND": "<MINERU_BACKEND>",
        "MINERU_PARSE_METHOD": "<MINERU_PARSE_METHOD>",
        "MINERU_LANG": "<MINERU_LANG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`MINERU_URL` Optional	URL of the mineru-api engine. Only loopback or host.docker.internal is accepted; any other host is treated as external and documents are not sent.
`MINERU_BACKEND` Optional	Backend used when a call leaves backend empty. pipeline needs the least VRAM; hybrid-engine and vlm-engine need ~4GB.
`MINERU_PARSE_METHOD` Optional	Extraction method used when a call leaves parse_method empty.
`MINERU_LANG` Optional	OCR language used when a call leaves lang empty.

Details

Package	`ghcr.io/germaniu/mineru-mcp:0.1.0` (OCI, stdio)
First published	19 Oct 2026
Last updated	19 Oct 2026
Registry name	`io.github.GermaniU/mineru-mcp`

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