Unstructured Transform MCP server installation for Cline

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Requirements

• Visual Studio Code installed on your local development machine. Install Visual Studio Code.
• The Cline extension installed in Visual Studio Code. Install Cline.
• An Unstructured API key. Get your Unstructured API key.

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Install the Transform MCP server

Install the Unstructured Transform MCP server by using these instructions: 
https://docs.unstructured.io/transform/install/cline.md

1. In Visual Studio Code, on the Activity Bar, click the Cline icon.
2. At the top of the Cline pane, click the MCP Servers icon.
3. Click the Installed tab, and then click Configure MCP Servers. Cline opens its cline_mcp_settings.json settings file in a new editor tab.
4. Add the following entry to the mcpServers object, replacing <your-unstructured-api-key> with your Unstructured API key:
   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "unstructured-transform": {
         "type": "streamableHttp",
         "url": "https://mcp.transform.unstructured.io",
         "headers": {
           "Authorization": "Bearer <your-unstructured-api-key>"
         },
         "disabled": false,
         "autoApprove": []
       }
     }
   }
   
   Use the server URL exactly as shown. Do not add /mcp or /sse to the end of the URL.The "type": "streamableHttp" setting is required. Also, the Authorization value must start with Bearer before your API key.
5. Save the cline_mcp_settings.json file.
6. Back on the Installed tab, confirm that the unstructured-transform server shows a green status indicator and lists four tools: request_file_upload_url, transform_files, check_transform_status, and get_transform_results.
7. The Transform MCP server is ready for you to start using.

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Parse your source files

• Each file must be of a supported file type.
• Each file must be 50 MB or less in size.
• Each request must have 10 files or fewer.
• Only 5 requests can be running at a time.

1. After you install the Transform MCP server, in Visual Studio Code, open the folder that stores the files you want Transform to parse (from the main menu, click File > Open Folder).
2. In the Cline pane, enter the following prompt:
   Use the Unstructured Transform MCP server to parse the files in this project.
   
   Provide the results as JSON files, one JSON file per source file.
   
   As needed, adapt the phrase in this project in the preceding prompt to indicate a more specific project folder. Also, as needed, guide Cline as to where to write Transform’s output into the project. Transform parses your input files and delivers its results to you as a set of output files, one output file per input file.

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Next steps

• Control Transform file parsing output: Control how the Unstructured Transform MCP server instructs Transform to partition, enrich, chunk, and embed the data based on your files.
• Control Transform generated sample code: Control how the Unstructured Transform MCP server generates sample curl or Python code that demonstrates how to use Transform to partition, enrich, chunk, and embed the data based on your files.

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Questions? Need help?

• For technical support, request support.