PDF MCP Server
MCP server for loading and extracting text from PDF files with chunked pagination and interactive viewer
context tax
pending
security
95/100
cold start
pending
freshness
Active23d ago
Our reading of PDF, from the data
PDF is a productivity & office MCP server from modelcontextprotocol.
We haven't measured its tool list yet, so its token cost is unknown.
Maintenance is active: the last public signal was 23 days ago (2026-09-25). For comparison, 67% of productivity & office servers are active or maintained.
With 2,974 GitHub stars it ranks #11 of 1,499 productivity & office servers we index.
It runs locally on your machine over stdio.
Install PDF MCP server
Install in Claude Code
claude mcp add pdf-modelcontextprotocol -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-pdfInstall in Cursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-modelcontextprotocol": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-pdf"
]
}
}
}Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).
Install in Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-modelcontextprotocol": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-pdf"
]
}
}
}Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.
Install in VS Code
{
"servers": {
"pdf-modelcontextprotocol": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-pdf"
]
}
}
}Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.
Install in Windsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-modelcontextprotocol": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-pdf"
]
}
}
}Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.
Security signals
95/100 — no known issues found as of 2026-10-19, from the checks below. This is not a guarantee of safety; review what a server can do before connecting it.
Deductions
- No license detected-5
Checks
- ✓Repository hygiene (archived, activity, license, security policy)
- ○Package metadata (install scripts, provenance) — pending
- ○Tool descriptions (prompt-injection and hidden-text heuristics) — pending
- ○Source scan (secrets, CVEs, risky code) by vectra-guard — pending
Scan it yourself before installing with vectra-guard, the open-source agent security CLI. Scoring rules
Freshness
Active — last maintenance signal 23d ago. The newest of the signals below sets the band.
Last commit (default branch)
2026-09-25 · 23d ago · GitHub
Latest release
2026-09-25 · 23d ago · GitHub · v2.0.3
Package published
no data · npm/PyPI
Registry entry updated
no data · official registry
How it compares in Productivity & Office
Against the most-starred productivity & office servers we index. Token cost is per model turn, measured from each server's live tool list.
| Server | Stars | Tools | Tokens / turn | Freshness | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF (this) | 2,974 | — | not measured | Active | local |
| Rea | 324,759 | — | not measured | Active | local |
| Browser | 39,318 | — | not measured | Active | local + hosted |
| Playwright | 38,349 | — | not measured | Active | local |
| Browser | 36,690 | — | not measured | Active | — |
| Skyvern | 23,226 | — | not measured | Active | hosted |
FAQ
›How do I install the PDF MCP server in Claude Code?
Run: claude mcp add pdf-modelcontextprotocol -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-pdf. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.
›Does PDF require an API key?
No required environment variables are declared in its published metadata.
›Can I use PDF as a remote (hosted) MCP server?
No hosted endpoint is published; it runs locally over stdio.
›Is PDF in the official MCP registry?
No. It was indexed from npm.
Sources and method
- GitHub repository
- fetched 2026-10-19
- Package registry (npm / PyPI)
- listed
- Security signals, computed by us
- 2026-10-19
- Last checked against all sources
- 2026-10-19
The description, packages and links come from the maintainer's own published metadata. Token cost, security signals, freshness and the reading above are MCPSkillHub's own measurements; see the methodology. Spot an error? Request a correction or claim the listing.
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