Kitbag MCP Server

Kitbag MCP — A Modular Utility MCP Server

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What is the Kitbag MCP server?

Connect Kitbag to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Kitbag MCP — A Modular Utility MCP Server. The kitbag mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

To prevent your AI agents from getting overwhelmed by tool options, enable only what you need:

Installation

The server ships on npm as kitbag-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • pdf.convert_to_text — Extract raw text from a PDF document
  • pdf.convert_to_markdown — Parse PDF and format it into clean Markdown
  • pdf.extract_images — Extract raw image assets embedded inside a PDF
  • pdf.extract_tables — Extract structured table data from PDF pages
  • pdf.merge — Merge multiple PDF files together in order
  • pdf.split — Split specific page ranges from a PDF
  • web.to_markdown — Scrape a webpage, clean clutter, and convert to Markdown
  • web.extract_metadata — Extract title, description, OG tags, and JSON-LD data
  • web.extract_links — Scrape a webpage and list internal and external links
  • web.rss_parser — Parse an RSS or Atom feed XML URL into JSON
  • web.sitemap_generator — Fetch and parse a sitemap.xml URL, extracting all URLs
  • web.dns_lookup — Perform DNS resolution (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, etc.)

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: KITBAG_ENABLED_MODULES. 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.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Kitbag.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Where it fits

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. Kitbag's toolset — pdf.convert_to_text, pdf.convert_to_markdown, pdf.extract_images and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by royalblood; 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.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
pdf.convert_to_textExtract raw text from a PDF document.
pdf.convert_to_markdownParse PDF and format it into clean Markdown.
pdf.extract_imagesExtract raw image assets embedded inside a PDF.
pdf.extract_tablesExtract structured table data from PDF pages.
pdf.mergeMerge multiple PDF files together in order.
pdf.splitSplit specific page ranges from a PDF.
web.to_markdownScrape a webpage, clean clutter, and convert to Markdown.
web.extract_metadataExtract title, description, OG tags, and JSON-LD data.
web.extract_linksScrape a webpage and list internal and external links.
web.rss_parserParse an RSS or Atom feed XML URL into JSON.
web.sitemap_generatorFetch and parse a sitemap.xml URL, extracting all URLs.
web.dns_lookupPerform DNS resolution (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, etc.).
web.youtube_transcriptExtract text transcripts and captions with timestamps.
image.ocrExtract text from an image locally using Tesseract OCR.

How to install the Kitbag MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kitbag": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "kitbag-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "KITBAG_ENABLED_MODULES": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
KITBAG_ENABLED_MODULESConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Kitbag to pdf.convert to text.
  • Use Kitbag to pdf.convert to markdown.
  • Use Kitbag to pdf.extract images.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Kitbag to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 14 tools (pdf.convert_to_text, pdf.convert_to_markdown, pdf.extract_images, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Kitbag directly.