# MD-PDF MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for converting between Markdown and PDF formats.

## System Requirements

**Tested on:**
- macOS 14.3.0 (Darwin 23.3.0, ARM64)
- Python 3.13.0
- uv 0.7.13
- pandoc 3.6.2

## Features

- Convert Markdown content/files to PDF with size options (small, medium, large)
- Convert PDF files to Markdown format
- Extract text from specific PDF pages
- Retrieve PDF metadata

## MCP Tools

1. `convert_markdown_to_pdf(markdown_content, output_filename, size, pdf_engine)`
2. `convert_markdown_file_to_pdf(markdown_file_path, output_filename, size, pdf_engine)`
3. `convert_pdf_to_markdown(pdf_file_path, output_filename)`
4. `extract_text_from_pdf(pdf_file_path, page_numbers)`
5. `get_pdf_info(pdf_file_path)`

## Installation

```bash
# Install dependencies
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
brew install pandoc weasyprint

# Setup project
uv sync
```

## Running the Server

```bash
uv run python main.py
```

## MCP Integration

### Claude Desktop

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "md-pdf": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/absolute/path/to/md-pdf",
        "run",
        "main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Cursor

Configure MCP in Cursor settings

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "md-pdf": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "main.py"],
      "cwd": "/absolute/path/to/md-pdf"
    }
  }
}
```

## Size Options

- `s`: 8pt font, 0.35in margins (compact)
- `m`: 9pt font, 0.5in margins (standard)  
- `l`: 11pt font, 1in margins (detailed)

## Project Structure

```
md-pdf/
├── data/           # Test files
├── tools/          # MCP tool definitions  
├── utils/          # Conversion utilities
├── main.py         # Server entry point
└── server.py       # MCP server instance
```