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Manages documents in Paperless-ngx via MCP tools. Searches, uploads, tags, organizes, and bulk-edits documents, correspondents, and document types. Use when working with Paperless-ngx, document management, OCR, or any mcp_paperless_* tool task.
npx skill4agent add kjanat/paperless-mcp paperless-ngx| Tool | Operation | Key Params |
|---|---|---|
| Full-text search | |
| Full details | |
| Upload file | |
| Get file base64 | |
| Batch operations | |
| Tool | Operation |
|---|---|
| All tags + colors + matching |
| New tag, optional auto-match |
| Modify name/color/matching |
| Remove permanently |
| Batch permissions/deletion |
| Tool | Operation |
|---|---|
| All correspondents |
| New, optional auto-match |
| Batch permissions/delete |
| Tool | Operation |
|---|---|
| All document types |
| New, optional auto-match |
| Batch permissions/delete |
What do you know?
├─ Keywords/content → search_documents(query="term1 term2")
├─ Document ID → get_document(id=N)
├─ By tag → search_documents(query="tag:tagname")
├─ By type → search_documents(query="type:typename")
├─ By correspondent → search_documents(query="correspondent:name")
├─ By date → search_documents(query="created:[2024 to 2025]")
└─ Combined → search_documents(query="tag:X correspondent:Y created:[2024 to 2025]")What operation?
├─ Add tag → bulk_edit_documents(method="add_tag", tag=ID)
├─ Remove tag → bulk_edit_documents(method="remove_tag", tag=ID)
├─ Multi-tag → bulk_edit_documents(method="modify_tags", add_tags=[...], remove_tags=[...])
├─ Set type → bulk_edit_documents(method="set_document_type", document_type=ID)
├─ Set sender → bulk_edit_documents(method="set_correspondent", correspondent=ID)
├─ Merge PDFs → bulk_edit_documents(method="merge", metadata_document_id=ID)
├─ Rotate pages → bulk_edit_documents(method="rotate", degrees=90|180|270)
├─ Delete pages → bulk_edit_documents(method="delete_pages", pages="1,3,5-7")
├─ Reprocess OCR → bulk_edit_documents(method="reprocess")
└─ Delete → bulk_edit_documents(method="delete") !! PERMANENT !!1. Resolve metadata IDs first:
├─ list_tags → find or create_tag
├─ list_correspondents → find or create_correspondent
└─ list_document_types → find or create_document_type
2. post_document(file=<base64>, filename="name.pdf", tags=[...], correspondent=ID, ...)Need to change metadata objects?
├─ View all → list_tags / list_correspondents / list_document_types
├─ Create new → create_tag / create_correspondent / create_document_type
├─ Edit tag → update_tag(id, name, color, match, matching_algorithm)
├─ Delete one tag → delete_tag(id)
├─ Batch delete/perm → bulk_edit_tags / bulk_edit_correspondents / bulk_edit_document_typescontentget_document0-60123456| Task | File |
|---|---|
| Tool parameters & types | tools.md |
| Search query syntax | query-syntax.md |
| Multi-step workflows | workflows.md |