PDF Extraction MCP Server

PDF Extraction MCP Server

An MCP server that provides a tool to extract text content from local PDF files, supporting both standard PDF reading and OCR capabilities with optional page selection.

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Tools

extract-pdf-contents

Extract contents from a local PDF file, given page numbers separated in comma. Negative page index number supported.

README

PDF Extraction MCP server

MCP server to extract contents from a PDF file

Components

Tools

The server implements one tool:

  • extract-pdf-contents: Extract contents from a local PDF file
    • Takes "pdf_path" as a required string argument, representing the local file path of the PDF file
    • Takes "pages" as an optional string argument, representing the page numbers to extract contents from the PDF file. Page numbers are separated in comma, and negative page numbers supported (e.g. '-1' means the last page)
    • Supports PDF file reader and OCR

Quickstart

Install

Claude Desktop

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

<details> <summary>Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration</summary>

"mcpServers": {
  "pdf_extraction": {
    "command": "uv",
    "args": [
      "--directory",
      "/Users/xraywu/Workspace/pdf_extraction",
      "run",
      "pdf_extraction"
    ]
  }
}

</details>

<details> <summary>Published Servers Configuration</summary>

"mcpServers": {
  "pdf_extraction": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "pdf_extraction"
    ]
  }
}

</details>

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