Sifter - Turn a folder of documents into typed records you can query MCP Server

Open-source document intelligence engine — schema-driven extraction, NL query, MCP server, Python and TypeScript SDKs. Self-hostable under MIT.

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What is the Sifter - Turn a folder of documents into typed records you can query MCP Server?

Sifter - Turn a folder of documents into typed records you can query is an MCP project maintained in the sifter-ai/sifter repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Open-source document intelligence engine — schema-driven extraction, NL query, MCP server, Python and TypeScript SDKs. Self-hostable under MIT”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented pypi package is sifter-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares SIFTER_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Sifter - Turn a folder of documents into typed records you can query MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sifter": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "sifter-mcp",
        "--base-url",
        "http://localhost:8000"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SIFTER_API_KEY": "YOUR_SIFTER_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
SIFTER_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation