io.github.benbergner/benspdf is an MCP server published by benbergner in the Cloud category: read PDFs locally: pages, metadata, scan detection, layout, permissions, rendering.
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Install
uvx
uvx benspdf-mcp
pip
pip install benspdf-mcp
This server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.
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v0.3.0v0.3.0 — Text extraction: a PDF's own words, page by page · 13 Sep 2026Added `pdf_extract_text` — the text a PDF already holds: `pdf_extract_text(ref, pages=None, output="text", layout=False)`. This is the cheap, exact path. The characters come from the file, so a page is milliseconds and nothing is guessed…
v0.2.0v0.2.0 — OCR: read a scan, and hand back a searchable copy · 13 Sep 20260.1.0 shipped without OCR and said so. This adds it. Added `pdf_ocr` — reads pages that carry no text, and can return the document with a real text layer added: `pdf_ocr(ref, pages=None, lang="eng", dpi=200, output="text", force=False)`.…
v0.1.1v0.1.1 — one-click install, and a registry listing · 12 Sep 2026No changes to the tools. Every verb behaves exactly as in 0.1.0 — this release is about being easier to install and easier to find. Added One-click install for VS Code and Cursor, from buttons at the top of the README. Claude Code…
v0.1.0v0.1.0 — first release · 12 Sep 2026First published release. BensPDF gives an AI assistant a set of PDF tools that run on your own machine, over the Model Context Protocol. Tools `pdf_page_count` — how many pages, reading only the page tree so it stays cheap on long…
Run uvx benspdf-mcp, then add the server to your MCP client's configuration.
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Its trust score is 37 out of 100 (low). Conduid hasn't run static security checks on this repository yet, so review the source yourself before granting it credentials. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.
Is io.github.benbergner/benspdf still maintained?
Yes — the latest release is v0.3.0 (13 Sep 2026), and the last commit was a month ago. The repository has 0 stars.