a3tai/mcp-pdf-reader

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MCP PDF Reader is an open source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for reading and analyzing PDF documents, enabling seamless interaction with PDF files through a standardized protocol.

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

pdf_read_file

Extract text content from a PDF file.

pdf_assets_file

Extract visual assets like images from a PDF file.

pdf_validate_file

Validate if a file is a readable PDF.

pdf_stats_file

Get detailed statistics about a PDF file including metadata.

pdf_search_directory

List and search PDF files in a directory with optional fuzzy search.

pdf_stats_directory

Get statistics about PDF files in a directory.

pdf_extract_structured

Extract structured content with positioning coordinates and formatting information.

pdf_extract_tables

Extract tabular data from PDF with structure preservation and cell-level analysis.

pdf_extract_semantic

Extract content with semantic grouping and relationship detection.

pdf_extract_complete

Comprehensive extraction of all content types (text, images, tables, forms, annotations).

pdf_query_content

Query and filter extracted PDF content using flexible search criteria.

pdf_get_page_info

Get detailed information about PDF pages including dimensions, layout, and properties.

pdf_get_metadata

Extract comprehensive document metadata and properties.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

No resources

Author

a3tai

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Version

v0.1.0

Repository

https://github.com/a3tai/mcp-pdf-reader

License

MIT License

Last publish date

2025-06-20

Last update date

2025-06-20

Server configs

in zed

{
  "context_servers": {
    "mcp-pdf-reader": {
      "command": {
        "path": "mcp-pdf-reader",
        "args": ["-pdfdir=${workspaceFolder}"],
        "env": null
      },
      "settings": {}
    }
  }
}

in cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-pdf-reader": {
      "command": "mcp-pdf-reader",
      "args": ["-pdfdir", "${workspaceFolder}"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-pdf-reader": {
      "command": "mcp-pdf-reader",
      "args": ["-pdfdir", "/path/to/your/documents"]
    }
  }
}

in vs code

{
  "claude.mcpServers": {
    "mcp-pdf-reader": {
      "command": "mcp-pdf-reader",
      "args": ["-pdfdir", "${workspaceFolder}"]
    }
  }
}