The full upstream README, mirrored here for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals, and an original overview live on the Gemina FileTag listing page.
Tag, extract, and search your documents from any MCP client. Free tier: 1,500 FileTag tags/month, no credit card.
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This repository is the discovery, install, and examples surface for Gemina's MCP server. The server itself is hosted at https://api.gemina.co/api/v1/mcp/ — there is no daemon to run locally. Point your MCP-compatible client at the endpoint, sign in with your Gemina account (or paste an API key for headless use), and tag your first document in under a minute.
One server, three tool groups: FileTag (free tier — tag, rename, and enrich any PDF or image), Extraction (Core-OCR: invoice headers, line items, full text, custom templates), and Document Intelligence (ask questions and run spend analytics over your indexed documents — no re-upload). See Tools for the full list.
The server itself is closed-source (operated by Gemina). Everything in this repo — install snippets, examples, integration code — is MIT-licensed and contributions are welcome.
One sign-in, three tool groups. Every group takes any PDF or image up to 50 MB (PDF, PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, HEIC/HEIF, AVIF).
1. FileTag — tag, rename, enrich (free tier). Send a document, get structured metadata, six suggested filenames, and a downloadable copy with the metadata embedded in the file itself. Tools: files_create_upload → tag_file, or tag_url.
2. Extraction — pull the fields out (paid). Ready-made models for invoice headers and invoice line items (plus Hebrew document details and line items); and custom templates — you define the fields, Gemina extracts them from any document type: contracts, forms, statements, delivery notes, IDs, anything. Tools: files_create_upload (purpose='extract') → extract_document → get_extraction_result, list_extractions, get_extraction, get_document, add_document_extractions (run more extraction types on a stored document — no re-upload; wait for the values, or wait=false and just file it for later search), submit_extraction_feedback (send corrections back).
3. Document Intelligence — ask your archive (paid). Ask questions and run spend analytics across your whole indexed collection — no re-upload. Every document you tag (FileTag) or run a structured extraction on is submitted for indexing when indexing is enabled — plain OCR isn't, and a document can be skipped (no extractable fields, or no indexing credits). Search by vendor, date, amount, type or free text (query_documents); get sums, averages and counts grouped by vendor, currency, type or month (aggregate_documents) — e.g. “total spent per vendor last quarter”. Tools: query_documents, aggregate_documents, index_document.
extract_document with invoice_headers)With custom_template, values contains exactly the fields you defined in the template.
aggregate_documents)Sign in with your Gemina account — no API key to copy. Every snippet below points your client at the endpoint; the client discovers Gemina's authorization server and opens a browser sign-in. Don't have an account? Create one free (no credit card) at https://console.gemina.co/registration/create-account.
Running headless (CI, servers, scripts, or a client that doesn't prompt to sign in)? Use the API-key form shown under each client instead.
Endpoint: https://api.gemina.co/api/v1/mcp/ · Transport: Streamable HTTP · Auth: OAuth 2.1 sign-in (default) or X-API-Key header (headless)
https://api.gemina.co/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/api/v1/mcphttps://api.gemina.co/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/api/v1/mcpmcp. Access tokens last 1 hour; refresh tokens rotate and last 30 days.<app> (OAuth). See and revoke them under Console → API Keys → Connected apps at https://console.gemina.co.Recommended: OAuth via Connectors. claude.ai and Claude Desktop use the same flow — no config file, no mcp-remote, no API key. Gemina creates a key for the app when you approve it.
Sign in with your Gemina account when prompted and approve the consent page. The Gemina tools appear in new chats immediately.
Fallback: API key via mcp-remote. Claude Desktop's Connectors UI doesn't accept custom headers, so an API key has to go through the mcp-remote stdio bridge. Use this only if you need a specific key (headless or shared machines).
Prerequisites
Node.js 18+ — install from nodejs.org (Windows: ensure "Add to PATH" stays checked; macOS/Linux: standard installer).
Claude Desktop capabilities — open Settings → Capabilities and turn on:
storage.googleapis.com to the narrow allowlist — that's where signed enriched-file URLs are hosted).Without network egress, tag_file/tag_url return JSON correctly but Claude can't fetch the enriched-file URL from storage and you'll see "Host not in allowlist". Settings only apply to new chats — start a fresh conversation after toggling.
Config
In Claude Desktop, Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens claude_desktop_config.json at:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.jsonMerge the mcpServers block alongside any existing config:
Save → fully quit Claude Desktop (Cmd+Q / right-click tray → Quit) → relaunch. First launch may take 10–30s while npx downloads mcp-remote.
Notes
X-API-Key: in the --header arg — it's the documented workaround for npx's shell-split parsing.${GEMINA_API_KEY}) keeps the literal key out of args, where it could leak via process listings.spawn npx ENOENT: Claude Desktop doesn't inherit your shell's PATH. Replace "command": "npx" with the absolute path from where npx in PowerShell (forward slashes work in JSON), e.g. "C:/Program Files/nodejs/npx.cmd".OAuth (default): register the server, then run /mcp and sign in — Claude Code opens the Gemina sign-in in your browser.
Inside Claude Code: /mcp → select gemina → Authenticate → sign in with your Gemina account in the browser → approve the consent page.
API key (headless):
File: ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (one project). Cursor registers itself dynamically and opens your browser on the first 401 — no client ID or secret in the file.
OAuth (default):
API key (headless):
File: .vscode/mcp.json (per workspace), or run MCP: Open User Configuration from the Command Palette for all of them. VS Code registers dynamically and opens a browser on first connection; confirm the trust prompt, then find the account under Accounts → Manage Trusted MCP Servers.
OAuth (default):
API key (headless):
In Cline's MCP settings (gear icon → MCP Servers → Edit Config), add:
OAuth (default):
Cline is API-key only. As of 2026-08-27 Cline has no documented OAuth path for remote MCP servers — its MCP docs never mention OAuth, and the one release note that does (v4.1.7) names the legacy SSE transport, not
streamableHttp. Use the API-key form below.
API key (headless):
File: ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, or the MCPs icon in the Cascade panel. Remote servers take serverUrl (url also works), then reload the MCP list. Now shipped as Devin Desktop — the Windsurf docs redirect there.
The docs say Cascade "supports OAuth for each transport type" but describe no explicit sign-in step, so if no browser prompt appears, use the API-key form.
OAuth (default):
API key (headless):
OAuth (default):
codex mcp add detects OAuth on the URL and usually starts the browser sign-in by itself; codex mcp login is the documented guarantee. Do not paste a bare [mcp_servers.gemina] block for OAuth — Codex will connect to the server unauthenticated and every tool call fails. Verified against codex-cli 0.150.1 on 2026-08-27.
For the API-key lane, append to ~/.codex/config.toml:
API key (headless):
OAuth (default):
Both lines are required. mcp set stores the server with auth: "oauth"; mcp login runs the flow — OpenClaw does not start OAuth off a 401 on its own. On a headless box, pass the code back with openclaw mcp login gemina --code <code>, and check it with openclaw mcp doctor gemina --probe.
API key (headless):
Append under mcp_servers in ~/.hermes/config.yaml:
OAuth (default):
Then run hermes mcp login gemina from a fresh terminal, not inside a live session — the in-session config reload times out at 30s, too short for a browser sign-in. The auth: oauth line is what turns OAuth on; Hermes never infers it from a 401.
API key (headless):
xAI's coding agent. Install with curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash. OAuth triggers a browser flow on first use; tokens cache in ~/.grok/mcp_credentials.json. On grok.com instead: Connectors → New Connector → Custom, paste the URL.
OAuth (default):
API key (headless):
Google's terminal agent. Add -s user to install Gemina for every project. Nothing to configure for OAuth — the default dynamic_discovery provider registers itself off the 401 and opens your browser; tokens cache in ~/.gemini/mcp-oauth-tokens.json. Re-run the sign-in with /mcp auth gemina.
OAuth (default):
API key (headless):
Workflow automation, cloud or self-hosted. Use the MCP Client Tool node under an AI Agent, or MCP Client for a plain workflow step. For OAuth, create an MCP OAuth2 API credential and leave Dynamic Client Registration on with Resource URL empty — n8n registers itself with Gemina. Needs MCP Client Tool node v1.2 or later.
OAuth (default):
API key (headless):
Microsoft's agent builder — a browser wizard, no config file. Dynamic discovery is the right lane: Gemina publishes DCR and the discovery documents, so no client ID, secret or endpoint URL has to be typed. Copilot Studio supports the Streamable transport only. MCP access flows through Power Platform connectors, so tenant DLP policies apply.
OAuth (default):
API key (headless):
Connects Gemina's tools to 8,000+ apps through the MCP Client app (Beta). A connection form, not a config file.
Bearer only. Zapier has no custom-header field, so the key goes in the Bearer Token box — Gemina accepts it as
Authorization: Bearer. There is noX-API-Keylane here.
OAuth (default):
API key (headless):
Add Gemina as a custom MCP app in ChatGPT on the web. Needs Developer mode and a Pro, Plus, Business, Enterprise or Edu account.
OAuth only. ChatGPT cannot send a custom header or an API key to a remote MCP server, so there is no headless lane here — sign in instead, or use Codex CLI if you need a specific key.
Setup steps:
For embedding Gemina in your own product: one tool entry turns the whole Gemina surface into an OpenAI-side capability.
API key only. This is a server-side lane with no browser, so there is no OAuth sign-in to run — the API forwards a credential you already hold.
API key:
For the full machine-readable install guide (used by agents), see llms-install.md.
Free tier: 1,500 FileTag tags per month. No credit card required. Sign up at gemina.co/filetag, then sign in from your MCP client — or grab an API key for headless use. The same key works for both MCP and the REST API.
Need more? Paid plans add larger monthly allowances, the extraction and document-intelligence tools, configurable data residency, and longer retention. See pricing.
One endpoint, 13 tools in three groups, plus 2 prompts. Every tool is listed for every key; the extraction and document-intelligence groups require a paid plan (see pricing). Anonymous discovery (tools/list, prompts/list) is available at https://api.gemina.co/api/v1/mcp/public/.
FileTag (free tier)
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
files_create_upload | Reserve a pre-signed PUT slot. Returns file_id, the upload URL, the headers to echo on the PUT, and a next_tool_call recipe — tag_file by default, extract_document with purpose='extract'. One slot type: any slot works with either tool. |
tag_file | Run the FileTag pipeline on an uploaded slot: metadata, six filename patterns, and a short-lived enriched-file URL. |
tag_url | Fetch a public HTTPS URL server-side and tag it — the bytes never pass through the model context. |
Extraction (Core-OCR)
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
extract_document | Run one or more extraction types on an uploaded slot (from files_create_upload): invoice_headers, invoice_line_items, custom_template, ocr (plain text; runs only on the praetorian model), plus the legacy document_details_hebrew / document_line_items_hebrew (praetorian-only, not recommended for new work). Model choice is a recommendation, not a rule: velox for headers, invictus with thinking for line items. |
get_extraction_result | Poll an asynchronous extraction by meta.correlationId. |
list_extractions | List past extractions, newest first, with filters and pagination. |
get_extraction | Fetch one extraction by id, including the full extracted data. |
get_document | Fetch one document by id, including all of its extractions. |
add_document_extractions | Run more extraction types on a document Gemina already stores (by id) — no re-upload; paid per extraction. Two modes: wait for the values (default), or wait=false to file the document for later search and return at once. |
submit_extraction_feedback | Send verified/corrected field values back — the extraction-quality feedback loop. |
Document Intelligence
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
query_documents | Search your indexed documents: structured filters, semantic similarity, or hybrid (best default). |
aggregate_documents | Sums/averages/min/max/counts over indexed documents, grouped by vendor, currency, type, month, and more. |
index_document | (Re)index one document into the searchable index — after corrections or to backfill. |
Prompts: explain_filename_patterns (the six filename patterns and when to use each) · explain_upload_flow (files_create_upload → PUT → tag_file).
The full reference for each group is in llms-install.md.
| Use case | Tools | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 🧾 Invoice / receipt data entry | extract_document (invoice_headers, invoice_line_items) → your accounting, ERP or spreadsheet | examples/bulk-tag-folder |
| 📄 Any document, your fields | extract_document with a custom_template (contracts, forms, statements, delivery notes, IDs) | — define the template in the console |
| 📊 Questions over your archive | query_documents, aggregate_documents ("total spend with vendor X in Q2") | — |
| 📥 Email attachment triage | FileTag: tag inbound attachments, route to folders by vendor/type | examples/gmail-attachment-triage |
| 🔍 RAG ingestion | FileTag metadata on vector-store entries so retrieval can filter by vendor, date, type | examples/llamaindex-reader · examples/langchain-loader |
| 📁 Bulk document filing | FileTag: walk a directory, rename every file to a consistent pattern | examples/bulk-tag-folder |
| ⚡ Quickstart (curl) | First tag in three minutes, no MCP client needed | examples/curl-quickstart |
| 🖥️ Claude Desktop walkthrough | Step-by-step setup with screenshots | examples/claude-desktop |
A naive "ask the model to read this PDF" pipeline breaks in production: hallucinated vendor names, inconsistent dates, no stable schema, no line-item arithmetic, no feedback loop, nothing to search afterwards.
| Raw LLM | Gemina | |
|---|---|---|
| Structured output | Free text, requires parsing | Stable JSON schema per extraction type, or your own template fields |
| Line items | Rows guessed from text | Column-aware line-item extraction with totals reconciliation |
| Hallucinations | Frequent | Cross-checked, refuses when unsure; corrections fed back with submit_extraction_feedback |
| Search & totals | Build your own index | Every extraction indexed; query_documents / aggregate_documents |
| Filing | DIY | Six filename patterns + metadata-embedded copy (FileTag) |
| Data residency | Wherever the model runs | You pick the region per account: EU, US, Israel or Asia |
| Cost | $$ per call | Free tier: first 1,500 FileTag tags/month |
Full details on the Gemina Trust Center.
llms-install.md — machine-readable, used by AI agents auto-discovering the serverThe Dockerfile at the repo root is not for end users. It exists so directory operators (e.g. Glama's /mcp/servers/ tier) can build a container that introspects the public tool surface without provisioning credentials. The container runs mcp-remote against https://api.gemina.co/api/v1/mcp/public/ — a read-only discovery endpoint that serves initialize / tools/list / prompts/list to anonymous callers but refuses tools/call. End users should follow the Quick install section above and connect to the authenticated endpoint by signing in (or with their personal API key).
Examples PRs welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md. The server itself is closed-source, so PRs that touch the actual MCP server logic will be declined, but bug reports against the live server are very welcome.
The contents of this repository — install snippets, example code, documentation, configuration files, and sample assets — are released under the MIT License.
The Gemina MCP server itself is a hosted closed-source service operated by Gemina (https://gemina.co) and is not covered by this license. Use of the server is governed by Gemina's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.