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pdf-mcp

An MCP server for reading, rendering, and searching PDF files. Built with PyMuPDF and PyMuPDF4LLM.

Designed for use with LLMs that need to read datasheets and other PDFs containing diagrams, tables, and technical content.

Tools

Tool

Description

get_pdf_info

Get metadata about a PDF (page count, author, title, etc.)

get_table_of_contents

Get the outline/bookmarks with page numbers for each section

get_page_text

Extract text from a page range in json (default), text, markdown, or html format. Optionally exclude headers/footers

get_page_image

Render a single page as a PNG image, returned as base64 or written to a temp file. Configurable DPI (default 150)

search_text

Case-insensitive text search across the entire PDF, returning page numbers and surrounding context

All requests are stateless and take the PDF filename as a parameter.

Related MCP server: PDF Reader MCP Server

Setup

Add the following to your .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/I-CAN-hack/pdf-mcp.git", "pdf-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Or for codex run codex mcp add pdf-mcp -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/I-CAN-hack/pdf-mcp.git pdf-mcp.

This will automatically install and run the server using uvx.

Development

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Generate test PDFs
uv run python assets/generate.py

# Run tests
uv run pytest tests/ -v

# Run the server locally
uv run pdf-mcp
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