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Paperless integrations

Connect Paperless to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. Paperless lets you create, sign, and manage intelligent documents on a single platform. For more productivity and a better experience for everyone involved.

Connects with an API keypaperless.io

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

Build solutions, not workarounds.

What do you want to automate with Paperless?

Ask the assistant

You'll sign in before anything runs. What you typed comes with you.

Connect your AI client

Give your AI client this address.

https://mcp.apiant.ai

One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

Set it up in your client
Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)
Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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Pair it

Connect Paperless with another app

What your agent can do with Paperless

Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 6 actions

  • Trigger
    Document updated

    Fires when a document is updated (e.g. name changed). Backed by the document.updated webhook event.

  • Trigger
    New document created

    Fires when a new document is created. Backed by the document.created webhook event.

  • Action
    Create Document (From Template)

    Creates a new Paperless document from an existing template, optionally filling in recipients, form-field defaults and variables, and optionally sending it right away.

  • Action
    Delete Document

    Permanently delete a document by ID.

  • Action
    Get Document

    Retrieves a single Paperless document by its id.

  • Action
    Get Template

    Retrieves a single Paperless template by its id.

  • Action
    List Templates

    List all templates the API key's integration has access to, used to pick a template_id before creating a document.

  • Action
    Update Document

    Updates an existing Paperless document: rename it, set its recipients, form field defaults and variables, or send it by setting its state to dispatched.

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Questions

Paperless, answered

Is there a Paperless MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Paperless. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run Paperless actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use Paperless. Nothing to install.

What can start an automation from Paperless?

Any of Paperless's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Document updated and New document created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

What can your agent do in Paperless?

Any of Paperless's 6 actions, including Create Document (From Template), Update Document, Get Document and Get Template. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use Paperless directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with Paperless two ways. Ask it to do something in Paperless once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the Paperless API?

No. APIANT connects to the Paperless API for you, with your Paperless API key. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the Paperless triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the Paperless API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can Paperless connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Paperless with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.