pdfplumber MCP Server

Extract tables, text, and metadata from PDFs using pdfplumber. Connect from Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP client.

Tools Available

extract_text

Extract all text from a PDF.

• url: PDF URL (required)

• pages: Page range like "1-3", "1,3,5", or "all" (default: all)

extract_tables

Extract tables as structured data.

• url: PDF URL (required)

• pages: Page range (default: all)

• output_format: json, markdown, or csv (default: markdown)

extract_metadata

Get PDF info: page count, title, author, dates.

• url: PDF URL (required)

Related MCP server: PDF Reader MCP Server

MCP Client Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfplumber": {
      "url": "https://actors.apify.com/vibexcoder/pdfplumber-mcp-server/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use Cases

• Extract financial tables from earnings reports

• Pull data from invoices

• Convert PDF reports to structured data

• RAG pipelines needing clean PDF text