pdf-mcp

Name: pdf-mcp Review
Item: pdf-mcp
Rating: 3.0
Author: Aaron Matthews

Connector Documents & Content Usable

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Usable Scanned — metadata only

Reduces context waste and processing costs when AI agents analyze large PDFs by enabling semantic search and targeted extraction, eliminating the need to loa…

An MCP server that lets Claude Code and other AI agents work through large PDFs without overflowing their context — search by meaning or keyword, read only the pages that matter, and cleanly pull out tables, images, and scanned text, even from multi-column and Japanese layouts.

Ask Claude to find relevant sections in a 500-page technical specification document by searching for meaning.
Extract tables and structured data from financial reports without manually copying information.
Retrieve specific content from scanned PDFs with Japanese text or complex multi-column layouts.

73 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeNo code needed

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Reduces context waste and processing costs when AI agents analyze large PDFs by enabling semantic search and targeted extraction, eliminating the need to load entire documents into model context.

Best for

Engineering teams integrating Claude into document-heavy workflows like compliance review, specification analysis, or technical documentation processing.

Works in

Claude Code Claude Cowork Claude Chat

Source

https://github.com/jztan/pdf-mcp

By jztan

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop AppOpen the Customize panel in the sidebar → browse connectors → search and add. Works in Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Chat.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into a Claude Code conversation. Claude will run it for you.

Command

claude mcp add pdf-mcp -- npx -y pdf-mcp

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

Once it’s connected, paste this into Claude:

Find relevant sections in a 500-page technical specification document by searching for meaning

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars73Last updated2026-07-06LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-07-06 · scanner v1

Data & Access

Data processingPrompts sent to Anthropic API. Enterprise/Team plans exclude training.

Community Pulse Growing

Discussed on Hacker News

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X Corp., Plaintiff, vs. Media Matters for America and Eric Hananoki — Hacker News · 3 pts

3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 73 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

Things to check

Scanned, not hands-on tested — this entry was auto-scanned from public metadata (GitHub metrics, license, security flags). No reviewer has run it, and no tool-specific limitations have been documented yet.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

3/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.00 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJul 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 73 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

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