Rossum MCP Server

Conversational AI toolkit for the Rossum intelligent document processing platform. Transforms complex workflow setup, debugging, and configuration

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What is the Rossum MCP MCP server?

Conversational AI toolkit for the Rossum intelligent document processing platform. Transforms complex workflow setup, debugging, and configuration into natural language conversations through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and. The rossum mcp mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it rather than through you.

Adding it to your client

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at npm on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

Configuration

You will need 5 environment variables: ROSSUM_API_TOKEN, ROSSUM_API_BASE_URL, ROSSUM_MCP_MODE, AWS_PROFILE, AWS_REGION. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

When to reach for it

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. It is maintained by stancld; 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.

Caveats

  • 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.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the rossum mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

How to install the Rossum MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rossum": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "npm"],
      "env": {
        "ROSSUM_API_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "ROSSUM_API_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "ROSSUM_MCP_MODE": "your-value",
        "AWS_PROFILE": "your-value",
        "AWS_REGION": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
ROSSUM_API_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
ROSSUM_API_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
ROSSUM_MCP_MODEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
AWS_PROFILEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
AWS_REGIONConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Frequently asked questions

It connects Rossum MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Rossum MCP directly.