Dumpling AI MCP server for AI agents

Dumpling AI's MCP server provides a robust implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects with Dumpling AI's suite of tools. This server gives you access to data scraping, content processing, knowledge management, AI agents, and code execution capabilities through an extensive collection of APIs.

Installation

Installing via Smithery

The easiest way to install the MCP server for Claude Desktop is via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Dumpling-AI/mcp-server-dumplingai --client claude

Installing Manually

You can install the package globally:

npm install -g mcp-server-dumplingai

Running the Server

To run the server, use your Dumpling API key:

env DUMPLING_API_KEY=your_api_key npx -y mcp-server-dumplingai

Configuring with Cursor

To use the server with Cursor (version 0.45.6+):

Open Cursor Settings
Navigate to Features > MCP Servers
Click "+ Add New MCP Server"
Enter the following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dumplingai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-dumplingai"],
      "env": {
        "DUMPLING_API_KEY": "<your-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

For Windows users experiencing issues, try: cmd /c "set DUMPLING_API_KEY=your-api-key && npx -y mcp-server-dumplingai"

Configuration

Environment Variables

The server requires one environment variable:

DUMPLING_API_KEY: Your Dumpling AI API key

Available Tools

Data APIs

The server provides several tools for accessing and processing data from various sources.

YouTube Transcript Extraction

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos:

{
  "name": "get-youtube-transcript",
  "arguments": {
    "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "includeTimestamps": true,
    "timestampsToCombine": 3,
    "preferredLanguage": "en"
  }
}

Web Search

Perform Google web searches with optional content scraping:

{
  "name": "search",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "machine learning basics",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "dateRange": "pastMonth",
    "scrapeResults": true,
    "numResultsToScrape": 3,
    "scrapeOptions": {
      "format": "markdown",
      "cleaned": true
    }
  }
}

Search Autocomplete

Get Google search autocomplete suggestions:

{
  "name": "get-autocomplete",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "how to learn",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "location": "New York"
  }
}

Maps and Places Search

Search for locations on Google Maps:

{
  "name": "search-maps",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "coffee shops",
    "gpsPositionZoom": "37.7749,-122.4194,14z",
    "language": "en",
    "page": 1
  }
}

Search for detailed place information:

{
  "name": "search-places",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "hotels in paris",
    "country": "fr",
    "language": "en",
    "page": 1
  }
}

News Search

Search for news articles:

{
  "name": "search-news",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "climate change",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "dateRange": "pastWeek"
  }
}

Google Reviews

Retrieve reviews for businesses or places:

{
  "name": "get-google-reviews",
  "arguments": {
    "businessName": "Eiffel Tower",
    "location": "Paris, France",
    "limit": 10,
    "sortBy": "relevance"
  }
}

Web Scraping Tools

Basic Web Scraping

Extract content from web pages:

{
  "name": "scrape",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "format": "markdown",
    "cleaned": true,
    "renderJs": true
  }
}

Crawling

Recursively crawl websites:

{
  "name": "crawl",
  "arguments": {
    "baseUrl": "https://example.com",
    "maxPages": 10,
    "crawlBeyondBaseUrl": false,
    "depth": 2,
    "scrapeOptions": {
      "format": "markdown",
      "cleaned": true,
      "renderJs": true
    }
  }
}

Screenshots

Capture web page screenshots:

{
  "name": "screenshot",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 800,
    "fullPage": true,
    "format": "png",
    "waitFor": 1000
  }
}

Structured Data Extraction

Extract structured data using AI-powered instructions:

{
  "name": "extract",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/products",
    "instructions": "Extract all product names, prices, and descriptions from this page",
    "schema": {
      "products": [
        {
          "name": "string",
          "price": "number",
          "description": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "renderJs": true
  }
}

Document Processing

Document Text Extraction

Convert documents to plaintext:

{
  "name": "doc-to-text",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/document.pdf",
    "options": {
      "ocr": true,
      "language": "en"
    }
  }
}

PDF Operations

Convert files to PDF:

{
  "name": "convert-to-pdf",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/document.docx",
    "format": "docx",
    "options": {
      "quality": 90,
      "pageSize": "A4",
      "margin": 10
    }
  }
}

Merge multiple PDFs:

{
  "name": "merge-pdfs",
  "arguments": {
    "urls": ["https://example.com/doc1.pdf", "https://example.com/doc2.pdf"],
    "options": {
      "addPageNumbers": true,
      "addTableOfContents": true
    }
  }
}

Manage PDF metadata:

{
  "name": "read-pdf-metadata",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/document.pdf",
    "includeExtended": true
  }
}

{
  "name": "write-pdf-metadata",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/document.pdf",
    "metadata": {
      "title": "New Title",
      "author": "John Doe",
      "keywords": ["keyword1", "keyword2"]
    }
  }
}

Media Processing

Trim videos:

{
  "name": "trim-video",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
    "startTime": 30,
    "endTime": 60,
    "output": "mp4",
    "options": {
      "quality": 720,
      "fps": 30
    }
  }
}

Extract content from documents, images, audio, and video:

{
  "name": "extract-document",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/document.pdf",
    "format": "structured",
    "options": {
      "ocr": true,
      "language": "en",
      "includeMetadata": true
    }
  }
}

{
  "name": "extract-image",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
    "extractionType": "text",
    "options": {
      "language": "en",
      "detectOrientation": true
    }
  }
}

{
  "name": "extract-audio",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/audio.mp3",
    "language": "en",
    "options": {
      "model": "enhanced",
      "speakerDiarization": true,
      "wordTimestamps": true
    }
  }
}

{
  "name": "extract-video",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
    "extractionType": "transcript",
    "options": {
      "language": "en",
      "speakerDiarization": true
    }
  }
}

AI Capabilities

Agent Completions

Generate responses using AI agents:

{
  "name": "generate-agent-completion",
  "arguments": {
    "prompt": "How can I improve my website's SEO?",
    "model": "gpt-4",
    "temperature": 0.7,
    "maxTokens": 500,
    "context": ["The website is an e-commerce store selling handmade crafts."]
  }
}

Knowledge Base Management

Search a knowledge base:

{
  "name": "search-knowledge-base",
  "arguments": {
    "kbId": "kb_12345",
    "query": "How to optimize database performance",
    "limit": 5,
    "similarityThreshold": 0.7
  }
}

Add entries to a knowledge base:

{
  "name": "add-to-knowledge-base",
  "arguments": {
    "kbId": "kb_12345",
    "entries": [
      {
        "text": "MongoDB is a document-based NoSQL database.",
        "metadata": {
          "source": "MongoDB documentation",
          "category": "databases"
        }
      }
    ],
    "upsert": true
  }
}

Image Generation

Generate AI images:

{
  "name": "generate-ai-image",
  "arguments": {
    "prompt": "A futuristic city with flying cars and neon lights",
    "width": 1024,
    "height": 1024,
    "numImages": 1,
    "quality": "hd",
    "style": "photorealistic"
  }
}

{
  "name": "generate-image",
  "arguments": {
    "prompt": "A golden retriever in a meadow of wildflowers",
    "provider": "dalle",
    "width": 1024,
    "height": 1024,
    "numImages": 1
  }
}

Developer Tools

JavaScript Execution

Run JavaScript code with optional dependencies:

{
  "name": "run-js-code",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "const result = [1, 2, 3, 4].reduce((sum, num) => sum + num, 0); console.log(`Sum: ${result}`); return result;",
    "dependencies": {
      "lodash": "^4.17.21"
    },
    "timeout": 5000
  }
}

Python Execution

Run Python code with optional dependencies:

{
  "name": "run-python-code",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "import numpy as np\narr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])\nmean = np.mean(arr)\nprint(f'Mean: {mean}')\nreturn mean",
    "dependencies": ["numpy", "pandas"],
    "timeout": 10000,
    "saveOutputFiles": true
  }
}

Error Handling

The server provides detailed error messages with HTTP status codes. Here's an example error response:

{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "Error: Failed to fetch YouTube transcript: 404 Not Found"
    }
  ],
  "isError": true
}

The error handling system includes:

API key validation
Input validation using Zod schemas
Network error handling with descriptive messages

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "dumplingai" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","mcp-server-dumplingai"],"env":{"DUMPLING_API_KEY":"<your-api-key>"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "dumplingai": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-server-dumplingai"
            ],
            "env": {
                "DUMPLING_API_KEY": "<your-api-key>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "dumplingai": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-server-dumplingai"
            ],
            "env": {
                "DUMPLING_API_KEY": "<your-api-key>"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect