Lathe
Local file and media tools: images, PDFs, audio and video, and OCR. Runs on your machine.
What it does
Lathe is an MCP server, a connector that lets an AI assistant use it as a tool. It is installed locally as a package and runs on your machine.
From the publisher's description, Electra Index matched it to 2 capabilities: data extraction and document understanding. That makes it a candidate for tasks such as extract data from PDFs or analyze financial documents.
Facts come from the Official MCP Registry, as declared by the publisher. Capabilities are matched automatically (low confidence). None of this is a test of the tool.
At a glance
How to connect
As declared in the Official MCP Registry · not tested by Electra IndexInstall package
- PYPI
lathe-mcpv0.3.0 · runs locally (stdio)
MCP settings (Claude Desktop, Cursor and other MCP clients)
{
"mcpServers": {
"lathe-2": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"lathe-mcp"
]
}
}
}Tasks it helps with
Share of each task's required capabilities it covers| Extract data from PDFs Data Extraction · Document Understanding | 100% |
| Analyze financial documents Document Understanding | 50% |
| Analyze patents Document Understanding | 50% |
| Answer questions from internal documents Document Understanding | 50% |
| Automate bookkeeping Data Extraction | 50% |
| Clean and merge spreadsheets Data Extraction | 50% |
| Extract website data Data Extraction | 50% |
| Fact-check a document Document Understanding | 50% |
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Facts & evidence
Each fact shows where it was seen and when.| Fact | Value | Evidence | Source | Last confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Install package | lathe-mcp | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 8m ago |
| Package registries | pypi | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 8m ago |
| Local install (package) | yes | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 8m ago |
| Remote access (hosted) | no | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 8m ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/seayniclabs/lathe | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 8m ago |
| Registry status | active | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 8m ago |
| Version | 0.3.0 | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 8m ago |
| MCP server | yes | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 8m ago |
Change history
- NEW27 Oct 2026first seen in the index
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How do I connect Lathe?
Install the PyPI package lathe-mcp. The exact settings are in "How to connect" above, as declared in the Official MCP Registry.
What can I use Lathe for?
Based on its description, it is most relevant to: extract data from PDFs, analyze financial documents, analyze patents, answer questions from internal documents.