How to assemble a document pack with an AI agent Leave feedback

Tender packs, board papers, case bundles, onboarding packets: the same shape every time — a fixed order, more than four parts, and a deadline. This is the workflow.

Note

The commands and config snippets on this page are for the .NET build of the server — the only platform available today. Installation and client setup: MCP server for .NET. Other platforms will expose the same tools with their own launch command; everything else on this page applies unchanged.

D:/Storage/Documents/
  00-cover.pdf
  01-summary.pdf
  02-body.pdf
  03-appendix-a.pdf
  04-appendix-b.pdf
  05-annexes.pdf

A numeric prefix removes all ambiguity about sequence — for you and for the agent.

Before a repeat run, set GROUPDOCS_MCP_OUTPUT_PATH to a separate folder (configuration). Outputs otherwise land in the storage folder, where the next “every PDF in my documents folder” run would merge last month’s pack and the intermediate results back in.

Merge every PDF in my documents folder into one pack, in file-name order. Merge four at a time, chaining each result into the next call, and tell me the final file name.

The agent runs merge in rounds: 00-03 → result, result + 04-05 → final. Two calls here; more parts simply mean more rounds.

How many pages does the final pack have?

get_document_info on the result, compared against the sum of the parts, is a two-second check that catches the two failure modes that matter: a part silently missing, and the three-page evaluation trim. A pack that should be 87 pages and reports 3 was produced unlicensed — get_license_status.

Convert first, then assemble:

Convert the Word sections to PDF, then merge everything in file-name order.

With both the Conversion and Merger servers registered, that is one conversation.

A pack usually needs more than assembly:

• Mark it — a CONFIDENTIAL or DRAFT watermark: GroupDocs.Watermark.
• Clean it — strip metadata before it leaves: GroupDocs.Metadata.
• Sign it — a digital signature on the final file: GroupDocs.Signature. Apply it last: any later change, including a watermark or a metadata strip, invalidates it.

Each is a separate server with the same install pattern, and an agent that has them all can run the whole sequence from one prompt — locally, in the right order, with the file names it produced at each step.

• Enforce document pack assembly order with automated AI workflows using MCP — the same scenario on the GroupDocs blog, with worked examples and the trade-offs.