Laserfiche MCP

Name: Laserfiche MCP
Author: SamuelSHernandez

by SamuelSHernandezversion 2.6.1i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.SamuelSHernandez/laserfiche-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

MCP server for self-hosted Laserfiche repositories — search and read documents from Claude.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Docs, sheets & office work
You need to fill in: LF_REPO_API_URL, LF_REPOSITORY_ID, LF_USERNAME, LF_PASSWORD

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: LF_REPO_API_URL, LF_REPOSITORY_ID, LF_USERNAME, LF_PASSWORD, LF_API_VERSION, LF_READ_ONLY

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "laserfiche": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "laserfiche-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LF_REPO_API_URL": "your-value",
        "LF_REPOSITORY_ID": "your-value",
        "LF_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "LF_PASSWORD": "your-value",
        "LF_API_VERSION": "your-value",
        "LF_READ_ONLY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add laserfiche --env LF_REPO_API_URL=your-value --env LF_REPOSITORY_ID=your-value --env LF_USERNAME=your-value --env LF_PASSWORD=your-value --env LF_API_VERSION=your-value --env LF_READ_ONLY=your-value -- uvx laserfiche-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "laserfiche": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "laserfiche-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LF_REPO_API_URL": "your-value",
        "LF_REPOSITORY_ID": "your-value",
        "LF_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "LF_PASSWORD": "your-value",
        "LF_API_VERSION": "your-value",
        "LF_READ_ONLY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "laserfiche": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "laserfiche-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LF_REPO_API_URL": "your-value",
        "LF_REPOSITORY_ID": "your-value",
        "LF_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "LF_PASSWORD": "your-value",
        "LF_API_VERSION": "your-value",
        "LF_READ_ONLY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

LF_REPO_API_URL required env
Base URL of your Laserfiche Repository API Server, e.g. https://lf.example.com/LFRepositoryAPI
LF_REPOSITORY_ID required env
Repository name or ID to operate against.
LF_USERNAME required env
Service-account username with read access to the repository.
LF_PASSWORD secret required env
Service-account password.
LF_API_VERSION env
Repository API version: v1 (default) or v2.
LF_READ_ONLY env
Read-only mode. Defaults to true; set false to register the write tools.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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The registry name was verified with the GitHub account SamuelSHernandez, which owns the repo
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Still maintained
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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

More stars than 0% of the other 3664 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 48% of the other 3664 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 3664 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Laserfiche MCP safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: LF_REPO_API_URL, LF_REPOSITORY_ID, LF_USERNAME, LF_PASSWORD

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (2.6.1) reached the registry 32 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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laserfiche-mcp

Owned by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Laserfiche.

Let Claude (Desktop, Code, or any MCP client) search and read documents in a self-hosted Laserfiche repository — and, if you opt in, change them. The same program is also a command-line tool (ls, cat, search, dedupe, ...) for work that needs no AI at all.

Read-only by default. Writes are off until you set LF_READ_ONLY=false, and destructive actions always need a second confirmation step. Current release: v2.6.2 — see the CHANGELOG.

Quick start

uv tool install laserfiche-mcp   # or run ad hoc: uvx laserfiche-mcp

laserfiche-mcp setup # asks for your server + account, then tests the connection laserfiche-mcp ls 1 # list the repository root

Then connect it to Claude. Prefer no terminal? Use the Claude Desktop extension. New to MCP? Read the step-by-step guide (~7 min). Want ready-made prompts and commands? See examples.

What it can do

Once connected, you can ask Claude things like:

*"Which leases mention an unpaid balance, and what do they say?"*
*"Summarize the newest document in the Onboarding folder."*
*"Are these two scans the same record, or is something different?"*
*"Find duplicate invoices under 2023 and tell me how much space they take."*
*"Set Status to Approved on these five entries."*

Behind that, it can:

Find things

Search with native Laserfiche queries or by name pattern — or let Claude draft the query from your repository's own templates and field names, with automatic repair if Laserfiche rejects it.
Search inside documents, including scans. Full-text search returns the matching *passages* (page number plus surrounding text) straight from Laserfiche's OCR index, so most "what does it say about X?" questions are answered without downloading anything.
Look at images. Claude can view picture files in the repository (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP) to describe, label and tag them against your own tag and template standard. Images cost tokens, so you're warned of the estimated cost and asked first; for scans of text it tries Laserfiche's OCR before looking at the picture. Optional laserfiche-mcp[images] adds downscaling.

Read things

Browse folders, look up entries by ID or path, and read metadata, template field values, and your repository's field / tag / template / link definitions.
Download files, or extract text — PDF, Word, PowerPoint, email, HTML, RTF and plain text (Excel and Outlook .msg need pip install 'laserfiche-mcp[office]') — with page ranges for long documents.

Analyze

Compare two entries' metadata and fields, and find byte-identical duplicates (only files whose sizes match are ever downloaded). From the command line you can also inventory a whole folder tree to CSV.

Make changes (opt-in)

Create folders, import documents, copy, rename and move entries.
Edit fields, tags and links (merge or replace), and assign or clear templates — with required-field checks before Laserfiche sees the request.
Delete entries, files, or page ranges. Deletes, renames and moves always show a preview first; folders can be fenced, tools allow-listed, and bulk deletes capped. See Safety.

Run where you need it

Locally in Claude Desktop or Claude Code, as a one-click Desktop extension, or as an HTTP server for claude.ai and ChatGPT with per-user sign-in.
Self-hosted Laserfiche (Repository API v1 and v2); Cloud support is in beta.
As a command-line tool with no AI involved — the same operations from a shell, with --json output for scripts. See docs/cli.md.

Every tool, with details: docs/tools.md.

Install

Claude Desktop extension

No terminal, no config files.

Download the extension (needs Claude Desktop).
Double-click it, click Install, and fill in the form:

Field	What to enter
Repository API URL	Your server address, e.g. `https://your-server/LFRepositoryAPI`
Repository name	The repository you pick when signing in to Laserfiche Web Access
Username / Password	An account that can read the repository (the password goes in your OS keychain)

Not sure what to enter? Ask whoever runs Laserfiche at your organization.

Ask Claude something, like *"Find every invoice from March in the Accounting folder."*

More detail: docs/desktop-extension.md.

Python package

uvx laserfiche-mcp            # run directly, no install

pip install laserfiche-mcp # or add it to your environment

Needs Python 3.10+ and a reachable Laserfiche Repository API Server with an account that can read it.

Configure

Run laserfiche-mcp setup, or set these environment variables:

Variable	Example	Notes
`LF_REPO_API_URL`	`https://lf.example.com/LFRepositoryAPI`	Your Repository API Server
`LF_REPOSITORY_ID`	`my-repo`
`LF_API_VERSION`	`v1` (default) or `v2`	Wrong value → `400 UnsupportedApiVersion`. Probe with `curl {LF_REPO_API_URL}/v1/Repositories` and `/v2/Repositories`; the one that returns a repo list is yours.
`LF_USERNAME` / `LF_PASSWORD`		A service account
`LF_AUTH_MODE`	`password`
`LF_READ_ONLY`	`true` (default)	`false` turns on the write tools

Everything else — write guardrails, size limits, search tuning, web-client links, logging — is in docs/configuration.md.

[!WARNING]

Laserfiche Cloud support is beta and has never been verified against

a live tenant. If you have Cloud access, please

open an issue

with what worked or broke. Details in

docs/configuration.md.

Connect to Claude

Claude Code

claude mcp add laserfiche -- uvx laserfiche-mcp

Pass settings with --env LF_REPO_API_URL=... flags, or export them in your shell first.

Claude Desktop — add this to claude_desktop_config.json (%APPDATA%\Claude\ on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ on macOS), then restart:

"mcpServers": { "laserfiche": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["laserfiche-mcp"], "env": { "LF_REPO_API_URL": "https://lf.example.com/LFRepositoryAPI", "LF_REPOSITORY_ID": "my-repo", "LF_API_VERSION": "v1", "LF_USERNAME": "service-account", "LF_PASSWORD": "replace-me", "LF_AUTH_MODE": "password", "LF_READ_ONLY": "true" } } } }

Try a tool without Claude using the MCP Inspector: npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx laserfiche-mcp

Web clients (claude.ai, ChatGPT)

By default the server talks over stdio to a local client. Web connectors can't launch a local program, so run it as an HTTP server instead:

laserfiche-mcp --http          # serves http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp

For anything beyond your own machine you need TLS, authentication (per-user OAuth or a shared token) and a network path to your Laserfiche server. Setup and the security checklist: docs/remote-http.md.

Command line

laserfiche-mcp ls '\HR\Leases'                 # list a folder (by path or entry ID)

laserfiche-mcp get 4821 --to ./lease.pdf # download a document laserfiche-mcp cat 4821 --pages 4-9 # print its text laserfiche-mcp search 'unpaid balance' # full-text search with excerpts laserfiche-mcp manifest 1 --out inventory.csv # inventory a folder tree laserfiche-mcp dedupe 1 # find byte-identical documents

Every command takes --json. More recipes in examples; the full reference is docs/cli.md.

Safety

Writes are off by default.
When on, you can fence them to specific folders (LF_WRITE_PATHS_ALLOW), limit which write tools exist (LF_WRITE_TOOLS_ALLOWED), and cap folder deletes.
delete, rename and move return a preview and a short-lived token; nothing changes until the call is repeated with that token.
Start in a sandbox folder: see the recommended write-mode config.

Where your document content goes: Data handling & privacy. All guardrails: docs/safety.md.

Troubleshooting

Start with one command — it tests your login, probes your server, and tells you what's wrong:

laserfiche-mcp diagnose

Symptom	Likely cause	Fix
`diagnose` says UNREACHABLE	Wrong URL, VPN down, or an `https://` server whose certificate comes from your internal CA	Fix the URL; for an internal CA set `LF_USE_SYSTEM_CA=true` (or `LF_CA_BUNDLE=` ) — not `LF_VERIFY_SSL=false`, which switches checking off
`CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED ... hostname mismatch`	The URL's host isn't a name on the certificate (e.g. short name vs. the full `host.domain` name)	Use the host name on the certificate in `LF_REPO_API_URL`
`diagnose` suggests the other API version	`LF_API_VERSION` mismatch	Use the version it names
HTTP 401, or Laserfiche error 9528	Bad credentials (9528's "LFDS unreachable" wording is misleading)	Re-run `laserfiche-mcp setup`
A setting seems ignored	A misspelled `LF_*` name — unknown names are silently skipped	`diagnose` lists any `LF_*` variable it doesn't recognize

On Windows, put repository paths in double quotes: laserfiche-mcp list "\HR\Leases". Claude Desktop logs: %APPDATA%\Claude\logs\ (macOS: ~/Library/Logs/Claude/).

When a tool fails it returns a structured error (not a crash) that tells the model whether to retry, ask you, or give up. See docs/error-contract.md.

Documentation


Getting started	Slower walkthrough for people new to MCP
Examples	Prompts, commands and config you can copy
Configuration	Every `LF_*` setting
Tools	All tools and how to use them
Command line	CLI conventions, formats and cost savings
Safety model	Write guardrails and confirmation tokens
Data handling & privacy	What Claude sees and where data goes
Remote HTTP	Web clients, OAuth, per-user access
Error contract	Error kinds and codes

Roadmap

Cloud verification — needs someone with a Laserfiche Cloud tenant to confirm the auth flow end to end.
Per-user access (beta) — LF_AUTH_MODE=oauth_passthrough runs Laserfiche calls as each user instead of a shared account; needs confirming against a live LFDS tenant (details).
Audit logging — a server-side log of every write call.
v3.0 — remove

Only the beginning is shown; read the rest in the repo

Laserfiche MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

Common questions

Alternatives

Agent-Native Calendar

Excel MCP Server

MCP Server for Excel

README from the maker

laserfiche-mcp

Quick start

What it can do

Install

Claude Desktop extension

Python package

Configure

Connect to Claude

Web clients (claude.ai, ChatGPT)

Command line

Safety

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Roadmap