PDFBetter MCP

An official MCP server provided by PDFBetter that allows AI agents to interact with PDF documents. It supports listing documents, filling form fields, merging, splitting, converting, compressing, and OCR processing. It also enables AI-powered summarization with page citations, data extraction to JSON/CSV, workflow execution, and workspace management, all while preserving original files and providing short-lived download links for results.

Endpoint and access

OAuth sign-in: the first time you connect, your client opens the vendor's own authorization prompt in a browser.

OAuth sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-18Operated by PDFBetter

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Merge multiple invoices into a single PDF and retrieve a download link
Extract invoice data to JSON with page evidence for each value
Ask questions about a lease agreement and receive answers with word-for-word quotes
Convert scanned PDFs to searchable text using OCR

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http pdfbetter-mcp https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add pdfbetter-mcp --url https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable pdfbetter-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfbetter-mcp": {
      "url": "https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfbetter-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start pdfbetter-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "pdfbetter-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http pdfbetter-mcp https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfbetter-mcp": {
      "url": "https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfbetter-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

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