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PDF MCP server

by jztan·io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp·v3.6.0·147 stars
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Agentic RAG over one PDF or a whole folder: hybrid search, selective page reads, tables, OCR.

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How PDF compares

Against every graded AI and agents MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
85/100
higher than 73% of 4,460 AI and agents servers
GitHub stars
147
more than 95% of 2,711 AI and agents servers
Downloads a week
1,518
more than 95% of 1,538 AI and agents servers with a package

Release history: 5 versions in the registry since 2026-09-12, latest 2026-10-31, typically one every 7 days.

Install PDF in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add pdf-mcp -- uvx pdf-mcp
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What the publisher says

From the PDF repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

pdf-mcp

Agentic RAG over your PDFs, one file or a whole folder, as a single MCP tool.

The agent decides when to search; pdf-mcp does the retrieval and hands back excerpts. It is an MCP server that lets Claude Code and other AI agents search one PDF or a whole folder by meaning or keyword, read only the pages that matter, and cleanly pull out tables, images, and scanned text, even from multi-column and Japanese layouts, with optional CUDA acceleration for warming large corpora.

mcp-name: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp

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Drop in any PDF, or a whole folder of them, and watch an agent triage the corpus, search across every document at once, and read only the pages that matter, using a fraction of the tokens. 100% client-side, no install required.

Why pdf-mcp?

Installation

Claude Desktop: nothing to install first

that page, and click Install.

  1. Download pdf-mcp.mcpb.
  2. In Claude Desktop, open Settings > Extensions, drag the file onto

summarize C:\Users\me\Downloads\report.pdf", or about a whole folder.

  1. Ask Claude about a PDF by its location, for example "Use pdf-mcp to

The first start downloads pdf-mcp's components (about 250 MB) and can take a few minutes; later starts take seconds. OCR for scanned pages is included: the first scanned page downloads an English-only Tesseract (about 14 MB). Needs Windows 10 or later, or macOS 13 or later (14 on Apple Silicon), and works in Claude Desktop's Chat. Updating, uninstalling and other details are in docs/clients.md.

Claude Code and other MCP clients

Needs Python 3.10 or later. Install the pdf-mcp command with uv or pipx:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

PDF: common questions

Is PDF MCP server safe?
Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (85/100). Read the PDF safety report
How do I install PDF?
It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does PDF need an API key?
No secret keys are declared. It reads 2 settings from the environment.
Is PDF maintained?
The last commit was 34 days ago (2026-10-01). The latest release is v3.6.0.
What can I use instead of PDF?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Robin: AI-Powered Dark Web OSINT MCP server, Tw Legal Rag MCP server and agent-device MCP server.
How does PDF compare with other AI and agents MCP servers?
safety score 85/100 (higher than 73% of 4,460 AI and agents servers); github stars 147 (more than 95% of 2,711 AI and agents servers); downloads a week 1,518 (more than 95% of 1,538 AI and agents servers with a package). Full comparison.

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