Pdf Mcp

pdf-mcp

An MCP server for reading, rendering, and searching PDF files. Built with [PyMuPDF](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/) and [PyMuPDF4LLM](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/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.

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