Install Lido's MCP server and extract structured data from invoices, receipts, bank statements, and any other document — directly in your AI assistant.
claude mcp add lido -- npx -y @lido-app/mcp-serverThe Lido MCP server is the fastest way to extract structured data from documents using an AI coding assistant. Install with one command, describe what you need in plain English, and get organized rows and columns back — no templates, no configuration. 50 free pages included.
Three steps from install to extracted data
Run a single command in your terminal. Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf.
Tell Claude or Cursor to extract data from your documents. Describe what you need in plain English.
Lido reads the document layout, extracts the fields and tables, and returns structured data you can use immediately.
Extract data from documents without leaving your editor
Lido reads document layouts the way a human would — interpreting headers, tables, and field relationships by context. No zones, no rules, no training.
Run a single npm command and the MCP server connects to your AI assistant. No API keys to configure, no SDKs to install, no dashboard to set up.
Get clean rows and columns from any document. Line items, totals, dates, vendor names — extracted and organized into data you can pipe into your code.
OCR built in. Photographed receipts, scanned invoices, and image-only PDFs all get the same accurate extraction as digital documents.
Process hundreds of documents in a single conversation. Point your AI assistant at a folder and let Lido extract them all.
SOC 2 Type 2 certified and HIPAA compliant. Documents encrypted in transit and at rest, automatically deleted within 24 hours.
Tell your AI assistant what to extract in plain English
"Extract all line items from invoice.pdf — vendor, description, quantity, unit price, and total for each line."
"Run extraction on every document in /inbox/ and create a summary spreadsheet with key fields from each."
"Extract the fee schedule table from this PDF — service code, description, and rate for each row."
"Pull the applicant information, employment history, and references from this job application."
Last updated: June 2026
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard introduced by Anthropic that lets AI assistants access external tools and data sources directly. Rather than manually copying data between your browser and your AI, MCP servers give the AI immediate access to specialized capabilities.
The Lido MCP server provides Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible tools with the ability to extract structured data from documents. Once installed, your AI assistant gains four new capabilities: authenticating with your Lido account, extracting data from files, retrieving extraction guidance for different document types, and tracking your usage.
This means you can present your AI with a stack of documents and ask it to extract the data you need — all within the same conversation where you are writing code, analyzing data, or building automation.
Conventional document extraction tools force you to navigate to a web dashboard, upload files, configure extraction templates, and then bring the results back to your working environment. MCP removes that context switching entirely.
Through an MCP server, your AI assistant handles the complete workflow: it reads your document, contacts the extraction API, and provides structured data — all in the same terminal or editor where you are already working. You express your requirements in English, and the AI determines how to extract the data.
Lido’s approach is particularly beneficial because it needs no templates. Most extraction tools require you to set up zones, rules, or training sets for each document layout. Lido interprets the visual structure of each document on its own, much like a person would examine a page and understand which numbers are totals, which text is a vendor name, and which rows constitute a table.
For step-by-step setup instructions, see how to extract document data with Claude using Lido MCP. For background on the protocol itself, read what is MCP (Model Context Protocol).
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Any tool that supports Model Context Protocol. This includes Claude Code (terminal), Claude Desktop (app), Cursor, Windsurf, and other MCP-compatible clients. The server installs the same way in all of them.
No. Lido reads document layouts automatically — it interprets headers, tables, and field relationships by visual context rather than predefined zones or rules. This means it works on any document layout from any source without configuration.
95-99% accuracy on digital documents and 90-98% on scanned documents. Lido uses AI vision models that read the visual structure of each page, so accuracy is consistent across different layouts and formats.
50 pages free, no credit card required. After that, plans start at $29/month for 100 pages. Enterprise pricing is available for high-volume processing.
Lido is SOC 2 Type 2 certified and HIPAA compliant. Documents are encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit. All uploaded documents are automatically deleted within 24 hours and are never used to train AI models.
Yes. The MCP server includes OCR for scanned documents and images. Photographed receipts, scanned invoices, and image-only PDFs all get the same structured extraction as digital documents.
One command. 50 free pages. No credit card, no templates, no configuration.
claude mcp add lido -- npx -y @lido-app/mcp-server