MCP server for GroupDocs.Conversion — convert, inspect, and list supported formats via AI agents.
MCP server for GroupDocs.Conversion — convert, inspect, and list supported formats via AI agents. The groupdocs mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 3 defined tools rather than through you.
Convert PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, images, and 70+ document formats from Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and any other MCP agent — locally, your files never leave your machine.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
Convert — Converts a document to a different format (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, PNG, JPG, and 70+ more) and saves the result to storageGetSupportedFormats — Lists every target format the source document can be converted to, with primary/secondary indicatorsGetDocumentInfo — Returns file type, page count, and basic properties (author, title, dates, password-protected) for a source documentYou will need 3 environment variables: GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH, GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH, GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.
Plenty of file and storage access servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Groupdocs's toolset — Convert, GetSupportedFormats, GetDocumentInfo — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by groupdocs-conversion; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Convert | Converts a document to a different format (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, PNG, JPG, and 70+ more) and saves the result to storage |
| GetSupportedFormats | Lists every target format the source document can be converted to, with primary/secondary indicators |
| GetDocumentInfo | Returns file type, page count, and basic properties (author, title, dates, password-protected) for a source document |
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
| GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
| GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
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