Document Builder MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for building and querying document collections with ChromaDB.

Features

• Ingest documents to collections with automatic chunking

Installation

uv pip install -e .

Usage

Run the MCP server:

# Run with persistent storage (required)
uv run main.py --chroma-path /path/to/storage/directory

Available Tools

File Ingestion

• ingest_file(file_path, collection_name, content_type): Read a file, chunk it, and store in ChromaDB
  • Automatically handles text files with recursive chunking
  • Supports binary and image files
  • Returns truncated content preview (100 chars), content type, file size, and chunk count

Integration with Claude

Add this server to your Claude configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "doc-builder": {
      "command": "uv run /path/to/doc_builder_mcp/main.py --chroma-path /path/to/storage/directory"
    }
  }
}

Development

Run the server in development mode with MCP Inspector:

uv run mcp dev main.py --chroma-path /path/to/dev/storage