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# mcp-pdf-tools
**MCP server for extracting text, searching, and analyzing PDF files**
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Give Claude the ability to read, search, and analyze PDF documents through MCP.
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## Features
- **pdf_info** - Get metadata (title, author, pages, text length)
- **pdf_extract_text** - Extract all text from a PDF
- **pdf_extract_pages** - Extract text from specific page ranges
- **pdf_search** - Search for text within a PDF with context
- **pdf_word_stats** - Word count and top word frequencies
## Quick Start
### With Claude Desktop
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-tools": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-pdf-tools"]
}
}
}
```
### With Claude Code
```bash
claude mcp add pdf-tools npx mcp-pdf-tools
```
## Tools
### pdf_info
Get metadata about a PDF.
### pdf_extract_text
Extract all text. Supports `max_chars` to limit output size.
### pdf_extract_pages
Extract text from page range (`start_page` to `end_page`, 1-indexed).
### pdf_search
Search for text with surrounding context. Case-insensitive.
### pdf_word_stats
Get word count and top N most frequent words.
## Example Conversation
> **You:** Summarize the key points in /documents/report.pdf
>
> **Claude:** Let me read that PDF...
> *Uses pdf_info to check the document*
> *Uses pdf_extract_text to read the content*
>
> Here are the key points from the 24-page report...
## License
MIT
