Connect Lido's AI extraction to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client. Transform unstructured documents into clean, structured data.
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 the income statement line items — revenue, COGS, gross profit, operating expenses, and net income."
"Pull claim number, date of service, procedure codes, billed amount, and allowed amount from these EOBs."
"Extract consignee, shipper, container numbers, and cargo descriptions from these bills of lading."
"Extract all responses from these scanned survey forms into a structured dataset."
Last updated: June 2026
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard introduced by Anthropic that enables AI assistants to interact with external tools and data sources. Instead of copy-pasting data between your browser and your AI, MCP servers give the AI direct access to purpose-built capabilities.
The Lido MCP server empowers Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible tools to extract structured data from documents. When the server is installed, your AI assistant receives four new tools: authenticating with your Lido account, extracting data from files, retrieving extraction tips for various document types, and monitoring your usage.
This means you can supply your AI with a collection of documents and ask it to pull the data you need — all within the same conversation where you are writing code, analyzing data, or building automation.
Traditional document extraction tools require switching to a web dashboard, uploading files, configuring extraction templates, and then bringing the results back to wherever you are working. MCP eliminates all of that context switching.
Through an MCP server, your AI assistant handles the full 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 describe your requirements in English, and the AI determines how to fulfill them.
Lido’s approach is especially advantageous because it requires no templates. Most extraction tools need you to define zones, rules, or training sets for each document layout. Lido reads the visual structure of each document on its own, the way a person would look at 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