Distill Mcp
Wraps the Distill document conversion engine so Claude can turn PDFs, Office files, and HTML into clean Markdown without bloating the context window. Ships in two modes: lightweight runs pure Python locally for common formats, while the Docker-backed full mode adds OCR for scanned PDFs and transcription for audio files. The convert_and_save tool takes a file path and returns token-optimized Markdown, typically cutting 40 to 80 percent of tokens compared to raw extraction. Useful when you're feeding lengthy reports or presentations into Claude and need to preserve context budget for actual reasoning instead of formatting cruft.
- tool
- 1
- transport
- STDIO
- last updated
- Apr 11, 2026
Tools
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convert_and_saveConverts a local document file to Markdown and saves it, returning the Markdown output for the LLM to use.
Converts a local document file to Markdown and saves it, returning the Markdown output for the LLM to use.
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distill-mcp
An MCP server that connects any MCP-compatible client to Distill, converting local documents to clean, token-efficient Markdown before the LLM reads them. Typical token reduction is 40–80% compared to raw document text, letting the model fit more content into its context window and reason over it faster.
Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and any other MCP client that supports tool calling.
Two Modes
| Lightweight | Full (Docker) | |
|---|---|---|
| Requires Docker | No | Yes |
| DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, native PDF, HTML | Yes | Yes |
| Scanned PDF (OCR) | No | Yes |
| Audio (MP3, WAV, etc.) | No | Yes |
| Quality score | No | Yes |
| Install time | ~2 min | ~10 min |
Lightweight needs only Python and pip. Full needs Docker with the Distill service running. See the setup guides for details.
Quick install
No global install required:
Details
- Repository
- github.com/lakshgk/distill-mcp
- Categories
- Documents & Knowledge, Media & Entertainment, Productivity & Office
- Package
distill-mcp-server- Transport
- STDIO
- Registry
- MCP registry, active
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