Textin MCP Server

MCP Server for the Textin Robot API. TextIn官方MCP,支持文档OCR识别,文档转Markdown,文档关键信息提取。

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What is the Textin MCP MCP server?

Textin mcp mcp server connects Textin MCP to AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. MCP Server for the Textin Robot API. TextIn官方MCP,支持文档OCR识别,文档转Markdown,文档关键信息提取。.

What Textin MCP does

TextIn MCP Server is a tool for extracting text and performing OCR on documents, including document text recognition, ID recognition, and invoice recognition. It also supports converting documents into Markdown format.

Tools it exposes

Once connected, the assistant can call these 7 tools directly:

  • recognition_text — Text recognition from images, Word documents, and PDF files
  • Inputs — - path (string, required): file path or a URL (HTTP/HTTPS) pointing to a document
  • Return — Text of the document
  • PDF — Image (Jpeg, Jpg, Png, Bmp)
  • doc_to_markdown — Convert images, PDFs, and Word documents to Markdown
  • general_information_extration — Automatically identify and extract information from documents, or identify and extract user-specified information
  • Tools — When the input is a URL, it does not support handling access to protected resources

Installing the textin mcp mcp server

Setup follows the standard MCP pattern: clone or install the server, then register it in your client's configuration file and restart the client. The configuration snippets on this page cover Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor.

Configuration

Before the server will start you need to supply 5 environment variables: APP_ID, APP_SECRET, MCP_SERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT, YOUR_APP_ID, YOUR_APP_SECRET. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.

Where it fits

Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Textin MCP sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — recognition_text, Inputs, Return among others — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This server runs locally, so it operates with whatever access your machine and its credentials already have. Scope that deliberately rather than by default.
  • It will not start until its required credentials are present, so set those before wondering why the tools never appear.
  • With 7 tools exposed, expect a noticeable bump in prompt size — disable it in projects that never use Textin MCP.
  • Maintained by intsig-textin.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the textin mcp mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
recognition_textText recognition from images, Word documents, and PDF files.
Inputs- path (string, required): file path or a URL (HTTP/HTTPS) pointing to a document
ReturnText of the document.
PDFImage (Jpeg, Jpg, Png, Bmp)
doc_to_markdownConvert images, PDFs, and Word documents to Markdown.
general_information_extrationAutomatically identify and extract information from documents, or identify and extract user-specified information.
ToolsWhen the input is a URL, it does not support handling access to protected resources.

How to install the Textin MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "textin-ocr": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@intsig/server-textin"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APP_ID": "<YOUR_APP_ID>",
        "APP_SECRET": "<YOUR_APP_SECRET>",
        "MCP_SERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "600000"
      },
      "timeout": 600
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
APP_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
APP_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
MCP_SERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUTConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
YOUR_APP_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
YOUR_APP_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Textin MCP to recognition text.
  • Use Textin MCP to Inputs.
  • Use Textin MCP to Return.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Textin MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 7 tools (recognition_text, Inputs, Return, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Textin MCP directly.