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pdf-mcp

An agentic RAG MCP server that enables AI agents to search and read large PDFs or folders using hybrid semantic and keyword search. It supports selective page reads, table extraction, OCR for scanned documents, and handles multi-column and CJK layouts with optional CUDA acceleration.

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What you can do with it

  • Search large PDFs or folders using hybrid semantic and keyword search
  • Extract structured tables and chart data from documents
  • Perform OCR on scanned PDF pages with parallel processing
  • Read specific pages from multi-column or Japanese layout PDFs

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 3.6.0
mcp-registry: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp@3.6.0Source repository
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Packages and installation

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pdf-mcp 3.6.0

pypi
pdf-mcp package definition
{
  "version": "3.6.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "pdf-mcp",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Directory for storing PDF cache (default: ~/.cache/pdf-mcp)"
    },
    {
      "name": "PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL",
      "format": "number",
      "description": "Cache time-to-live in hours (default: 24)"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-mcp-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-mcp==3.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<YOUR_PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR>",
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-mcp-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-mcp==3.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<YOUR_PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR>",
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "pdf-mcp-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-mcp==3.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<YOUR_PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR>",
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-mcp-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-mcp==3.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<YOUR_PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR>",
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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