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Pdf Tools

by · github.com/hanweg/mcp-pdf-tools

MCP server for working with PDF files

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Scored 5 months ago · breakdown

About Pdf Tools

Pdf Tools is an MCP server published by hanweg in the Content category: mCP server for working with PDF files.

The repository has 76 stars and 9 forks, with the last commit a year ago. Six months or more without a commit doesn't mean the server is broken, but check the open issues before depending on it in production.

Install

From source
git clone https://github.com/hanweg/mcp-pdf-tools

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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Security checks

Static checks derived from the repository yesterday. Heuristics on the source, not an audit.

  • ✓README presentThe repository ships documentation.
  • ✓License declaredUsable under a stated license.
  • !Tests presentNo tests found. Behaviour changes may go unnoticed between versions.
  • ✓Dependencies pinnedA lockfile pins dependency versions.
  • ✓No dynamic code executionSource scan found no eval, dynamic Function, or shell execution.
  • !Scoped permissionsDoesn't declare a permission scope. Assume it can do anything its process can.

README

WORK IN PROGRESS - USE WITH CAUTION - Windows:

MCP PDF Tools Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides PDF manipulation tools. This server allows LLMs to perform operations like merging PDFs and extracting pages through the Model Context Protocol.

Features

  • Merge multiple PDF files into a single PDF
  • Merge multiple PDF files into a single PDF in user specified order
  • Extract specific pages from a PDF file
  • Search PDFs filesystem search or Everything search works better than this
  • Find (and merge) related PDFs based on text extraction and regex pattern matching from a target input PDF

Installation

  1. Clone this repository
cd mcp-pdf-tools

# Create and activate virtual environment
uv venv
.venv\Scripts\activate

# Install the package
uv pip install -e .

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "pdf-tools": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "PATH_TO\\mcp-pdf-tools",
                "run",
                "pdf-tools"
            ]
        }
    }
}

README fetched from the repository yesterday. The original is authoritative.

Questions

About Pdf Tools

How do I install Pdf Tools?

No package has been published for this server, so install it from source: clone the repository and follow its README.

Is Pdf Tools safe to use with an AI agent?

Its trust score is 59 out of 100 (fair). It passes 4 of the 6 static security checks run so far; the failures are listed above. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.

Is Pdf Tools still maintained?

The last commit was a year ago and 3 open issues. That's long enough that you should check whether the maintainer is responding to issues before depending on it.