MCP server for GroupDocs.Redaction — redact text, metadata, annotations, image areas via AI agents.
If you already use Groupdocs, the groupdocs mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. MCP server for GroupDocs.Redaction — redact text, metadata, annotations, image areas via AI agents.
MCP server that exposes GroupDocs.Redaction as AI-callable tools for Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and other MCP agents.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
RedactText — Redact text matching a regex pattern in a document; saves result as _redacted.EraseMetadata — Erase document metadata fields (author, title, company, dates, and other properties)RedactAnnotations — Replace or delete annotations and comments in a documentRedactImageArea — Cover a rectangular page region with a solid-color box (pixel coordinates)GetDocumentInfo — Return file type, page count, size, and per-page dimensions as JSON (no modification)Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Configuration is passed through the environment: GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH, GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH, GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Plenty of developer tooling 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 — RedactText, EraseMetadata, RedactAnnotations and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by groupdocs-redaction; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| RedactText | Redact text matching a regex pattern in a document; saves result as <name>_redacted.<ext> |
| EraseMetadata | Erase document metadata fields (author, title, company, dates, and other properties) |
| RedactAnnotations | Replace or delete annotations and comments in a document |
| RedactImageArea | Cover a rectangular page region with a solid-color box (pixel coordinates) |
| GetDocumentInfo | Return file type, page count, size, and per-page dimensions as JSON (no modification) |
{
"mcpServers": {
"groupdocs-redaction": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "dnx",
"args": ["GroupDocs.Redaction.Mcp", "--yes"],
"env": {
"GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH": "/path/to/documents"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| 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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