shuck-file vs Docling MCP
shuck-file is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑20.
shuck-file is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Shan. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Docling MCP is an MCP server published by docling-project. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Docling MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace shan-zhu/shuck-file | Removed on 2026-10-20 Version: 2.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.3.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 20 338 Downloads/week (PyPI): 6 126 Forks (GitHub): 144 Stars (GitHub): 776 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | shuck-fileno longer listed · | Docling MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 6 | 776 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 | 144 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (docling-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 14, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/shan-zhu/shuck-file | github.com/docling-project/docling-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of shuck-file
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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convertisseur-ia io.github.Walmes1/convertisseur-ia
Documents (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV) vers Markdown leger pour l'IA, 100 % local
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Document to Markdown: convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files to Markdown for an LLM.
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Document-to-Markdown MCP server — convert PDF, Office and HTML into LLM-ready Markdown.
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Say "convert this PDF to Markdown" or "turn this into a branded deck" and it happens. Documents, images, and Outlook email go in; Markdown, HTML, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel come…
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packforai-mcp io.github.zymsj8j9z9-ship-it/packforai-mcp
Convert PDF, DOCX, XLSX, CSV, JSON into clean, AI-ready Markdown via the PackForAI API.
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Document to Markdown MCP server: PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and HTML, with OCR for large files.
What each says it does
shuck-file
Smart document-to-Markdown conversion for AI agents. Auto-routes small files to direct output, large files to document maps with targeted extraction.
Docling MCP
Convert PDFs and other documents to structured formats via Docling, for AI applications.
How to run each
shuck-file
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Docling MCP As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY=<YOUR_DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio docling-mcp -- uvx --from docling-mcp==3.3.0 docling-mcp-server --transport stdio docling-mcpRequires: DOCLING_MCP_SERVICE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of shuck-file publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: shuck-file · What it can do: Docling MCP · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.