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Register the GroupDocs.Conversion MCP server in any AI client — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Visual Studio 2022, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, or Codex — with the exact config file location and JSON block for each. The installer does all of this automatically (set the clients list in its config); this page is the manual reference. Restart the client after any registration change.

The standard server entry (NuGet channel — for Docker, see the Docker entry below):

{
  "command": "dnx",
  "args": ["GroupDocs.Conversion.Mcp", "--yes"],
  "env": {
    "GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH": "/path/to/documents",
    "GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH": "/path/to/documents",
    "GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH": ""
  }
}

An empty GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH runs in evaluation mode — see Licensing.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json under the mcpServers key:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "groupdocs-conversion": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": ["GroupDocs.Conversion.Mcp", "--yes"],
      "env": { "GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH": "/path/to/documents" }
    }
  }
}

One command — no file editing:

claude mcp add groupdocs-conversion -- dnx GroupDocs.Conversion.Mcp --yes

Add -e GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH=/path/to/documents (and -e GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH=…) before the -- for env vars; --scope user makes it machine-wide.

User-level mcp.json (applies to every workspace) — root key servers:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Code\User\mcp.json · macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/mcp.json · Linux: ~/.config/Code/User/mcp.json

Or workspace-level .vscode/mcp.json. The NuGet package page generates a ready-to-paste snippet, and the repo README has one-click Install in VS Code buttons.

Create .mcp.json in your solution root — same servers shape as VS Code. This is the native path for .NET teams already in Visual Studio.

~/.cursor/mcp.json, root key mcpServers — same entry as Claude Desktop. The repo README also has an Add to Cursor one-click button.

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, root key mcpServers (Settings → Cascade → Manage MCP servers → View raw config), then refresh the server list.

VS Code globalStorage: …/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json, root key mcpServers.

codex mcp add groupdocs-conversion -- dnx GroupDocs.Conversion.Mcp --yes

Or add a [mcp_servers.groupdocs-conversion] table to ~/.codex/config.toml.

No stable config-file surface yet — register manually: Settings → Tools → AI Assistant → Model Context Protocol (MCP) → Add, using the standard entry above as reference.

Any client above can run the server via Docker instead of dnx — storage is passed as a volume mount:

{
  "command": "docker",
  "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "-v", "/path/to/documents:/data", "ghcr.io/groupdocs-conversion/conversion-net-mcp:latest"]
}

Version pinning: replace GroupDocs.Conversion.Mcp with GroupDocs.Conversion.Mcp@26.7.2, or :latest with :26.7.2 — recommended for shared configs.