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Install the GroupDocs.Parser MCP server on Windows with Docker Desktop and the guided installer:

git clone https://github.com/groupdocs/GroupDocs.Mcp.Installer.git
cd GroupDocs.Mcp.Installer
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File setup\windows.ps1 -Channel docker
./install-groupdocs-mcp.ps1 -Channel docker -Products parser `
  -Clients claude-desktop,vscode -Verify

The built-in Windows PowerShell 5.1 is enough — PowerShell 7 is optional.

Note

Docker is the only channel for this product. GroupDocs.Parser’s engine embeds around 234 MB of ONNX models, which puts the packed tool over nuget.org’s 250 MB package limit — so dnx and dotnet tool install are not available for this product. When a slimmer engine ships, the NuGet channel returns.

Docker Desktop, installed by the bootstrapper via winget (winget install --id Docker.DockerDesktop) or by you. Start Docker Desktop once after installing so it finishes its WSL2 first-run setup — the installer’s preflight checks this and tells you if the daemon is unreachable.

No .NET SDK is required: the runtime and every native dependency live inside the image.

docker run --rm -i -v C:/Docs:/data `
  ghcr.io/groupdocs-parser/parser-net-mcp:latest

Client config locations on Windows: Claude Desktop %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json, VS Code user-level %APPDATA%\Code\User\mcp.json — full list with JSON blocks in Register in AI clients.

./verify-groupdocs-mcp.ps1

A passing run performs the MCP handshake and prints the server’s seven tools; with a document in your storage folder it also runs a real get_document_info call. Exit code 0 means everything works.

• “running scripts is disabled on this system” — launch with powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File … (as shown above), or Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned.
• “docker daemon not reachable” — start Docker Desktop; the installer’s preflight detects this before writing any config.
• Drive sharing — Docker Desktop must be allowed to mount the drive your documents live on (Settings → Resources → File sharing) or the container starts with an empty /data.
• Path form — use forward slashes in the volume argument (C:/Docs:/data); backslashes confuse the Docker CLI on Windows.

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