Parse MCP Server

parse-mcp

One MCP, many parsers. Default markitdown (free, fast, MIT). Escalate to Docling (table-heavy, scanned PDFs) or LlamaParse (cloud, BYOK) when markitdown's quality isn't enough. Plus an interpret tool that pipes parsed markdown into Claude for "summarize / extract X" so you stop juggling parsers and anthropic skills.

Install

Open Claude Code, paste:

/plugin marketplace add adelaidasofia/parse-mcp
/plugin install parse-mcp@parse-mcp

Manual install (pre-plugin-marketplace). See SETUP.md for full details.

pip3 install --break-system-packages -r requirements.txt
pip3 install --break-system-packages 'markitdown[pdf,docx,pptx,xlsx]'

Then register the server in your client's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parse": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/parse-mcp/server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

Backends (priority order)

1. markitdown (default, MIT, base install). PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, EPub, ZIP. Fast, deterministic.
2. docling (optional, pip install docling). Best for complex tables (97.9% on benchmark) + scanned PDFs. Downloads model weights on first run.
3. llamaparse (optional, BYOK, pip install llama-cloud-services + LLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY). Cloud, cleanest output on visually-complex PDFs.

Routing strategy

• parse(source) with no backend arg: router picks based on file format, falls back if backend errors or returns empty.
• parse(source, backend="docling"): force a specific backend, no fallback. Diagnostic mode.
• Unavailable backends are skipped (logged in the chain), never errored.

Architecture

FastMCP v3.2.3+, stdio transport, Python 3.13+. Registered in [VAULT_ROOT]/.mcp.json. No daemons, no listeners, no model weights downloaded by default.

See SETUP.md for install + per-backend opt-in.

Related MCPs

Same author, same architecture pattern (FastMCP, draft+confirm on writes, vault auto-export where applicable):

• slack-mcp — multi-workspace Slack
• imessage-mcp — macOS iMessage
• whatsapp-mcp — WhatsApp via whatsmeow
• apollo-mcp — Apollo.io CRM + sequences
• google-workspace-mcp — Gmail / Calendar / Drive / Docs / Sheets
• substack-mcp — Substack writing + analytics

Telemetry

This plugin sends a single anonymous install signal to myceliumai.co the first time it loads in a Claude Code session on a given machine.

What is sent:

• Plugin name (e.g. slack-mcp)
• Plugin version (e.g. 0.1.0)

What is NOT sent:

• No user identifiers, names, emails, tokens, or API keys
• No file paths, message content, or anything from your work
• No IP address is stored after dedup processing

Why: Helps the maintainer know which plugins people actually install, so attention goes to the ones that get used.

Opt out: Set the environment variable MYCELIUM_NO_PING=1 before launching Claude Code. The hook will skip the network call entirely. Already-pinged installs leave a sentinel at ~/.mycelium/onboarded-<plugin> — delete it if you want to reset state.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

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Built by Adelaida Diaz-Roa. Full install or team version at diazroa.com.