Features

• pdf_info - Get metadata (title, author, pages, text length)
• pdf_extract_text - Extract all text from a PDF
• pdf_extract_pages - Extract text from specific page ranges
• pdf_search - Search for text within a PDF with context
• pdf_word_stats - Word count and top word frequencies

Quick Start

With Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-tools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-pdf-tools"]
    }
  }
}

With Claude Code

claude mcp add pdf-tools npx mcp-pdf-tools

Tools

pdf_info

Get metadata about a PDF.

pdf_extract_text

Extract all text. Supports max_chars to limit output size.

pdf_extract_pages

Extract text from page range (start_page to end_page, 1-indexed).

pdf_search

Search for text with surrounding context. Case-insensitive.

pdf_word_stats

Get word count and top N most frequent words.

Example Conversation

You: Summarize the key points in /documents/report.pdf

Claude: Let me read that PDF... Uses pdf_info to check the document Uses pdf_extract_text to read the content

Here are the key points from the 24-page report...

License

MIT