Connects GroupDocs.Watermark's document processing engine to Claude, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot through five MCP tools: AddWatermark, AddImageWatermark, SearchWatermarks, RemoveWatermarks, and GetDocumentInfo. Works across PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, images, and 50+ other formats. Ships as a .NET global tool or Docker container, and the recommended dnx invocation skips installation entirely by pulling from NuGet on every run. You can pin to a specific version for stability or let it float to latest. Reach for this when you need AI agents to stamp documents with text or image watermarks, strip existing marks before publication, or audit what watermarks are already embedded in files.
MCP server that exposes GroupDocs.Watermark as AI-callable tools for Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and other MCP agents.
Requires .NET 10 SDK.
Run directly with dnx (recommended — no install step):
dnx GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp --yes
Pulls the latest stable release on every invocation. To pin to a specific
version (recommended for shared configs and CI), append @<version>:
dnx GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp@26.5.0 --yes
Or install as a global dotnet tool:
dotnet tool install -g GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp
groupdocs-watermark-mcp
Or run via Docker:
docker run --rm -i \
-v $(pwd)/documents:/data \
ghcr.io/groupdocs-watermark/watermark-net-mcp:latest
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
AddWatermark | Adds a text watermark (Arial, configurable size + rotation) to a document and saves the watermarked file to storage |
AddImageWatermark | Adds an image watermark (logo, signature scan, stamp) to a document and saves the watermarked file. Configurable opacity + rotation |
SearchWatermarks | Finds existing watermarks (text + image) in a document and returns their details (type, text, page, position, size, rotation) as JSON |
RemoveWatermarks | Removes existing watermarks from a document and saves the cleaned copy. Optional text filter to remove only matching watermarks |
GetDocumentInfo | Returns the file type, page count, and per-page dimensions of a document as JSON — without modifying it |
All tools support PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PNG, JPG, VSDX, and 50+ more document and image formats.
Copy any of these into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot Chat after the
server is connected. The AI agent will pick the right tool and arguments
automatically — file names are resolved against GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH.
| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH | Base folder for input and output files | current directory |
GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH | (Optional) separate folder for output files | GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH |
GROUPDOCS_LICENSE_PATH | Path to GroupDocs license file. In evaluation mode, output documents may include an additional evaluation watermark alongside the user-requested one | (evaluation mode) |
{
"mcpServers": {
"groupdocs-watermark": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "dnx",
"args": ["GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp", "--yes"],
"env": {
"GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH": "/path/to/documents"
}
}
}
}
To pin to a specific version, replace
"GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp"with"GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp@26.5.0"inargs. Pinning is recommended for shared / committed configs to avoid surprise upgrades.
NuGet.org generates a ready-to-use mcp.json snippet on the package page.
Copy it directly into your .vscode/mcp.json.
Alternatively, add manually to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "storage_path",
"description": "Base folder for input and output files.",
"password": false
}
],
"servers": {
"groupdocs-watermark": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "dnx",
"args": ["GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp", "--yes"],
"env": {
"GROUPDOCS_MCP_STORAGE_PATH": "${input:storage_path}"
}
}
}
}
Same pinning rule as above — swap
"GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp"for"GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp@26.5.0"to lock to a specific release.
cd docker
docker compose up
Edit docker/docker-compose.yml to point volumes at your local documents folder.
Step-by-step deployment guides and a published-package integration test suite live in the companion repo GroupDocs.Watermark.Mcp.Tests:
dnx, global tool, pinned vs always-latestThat repo also exercises every advertised tool against the published NuGet artifact on Linux, macOS, and Windows in CI — so the snippets above are verified end-to-end on every release.
MIT — see LICENSE
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