PDF MCP server
Agentic RAG over one PDF or a whole folder: hybrid search, selective page reads, tables, OCR.
A85/100grade A
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PDF tools
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Public scan report
scanner v0.1.3 · 2026-09-19 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
1 medium
- Code scan96 source files scanned20/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
- Maintenancelast push 0 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
Findings (1)
- mediumsubprocess with shell=True
exec.shell-truepdf_mcp-3.3.0/src/pdf_mcp/extractor.py: …scovery (which PyMuPDF does via fragile shell=True on Windows). _TESSDATA_PATH: str | None…
Overall 85/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON
Install directly
claude mcp add pdf-mcp -- uvx pdf-mcp
PDF: common questions
- Is PDF MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (85/100). Read the PDF safety report
- How do I install PDF?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
- Does PDF need an API key?
- No secret keys are declared. It reads 2 settings from the environment.
- Is PDF maintained?
- The last commit was in the last day (2026-09-19). The latest release is v3.3.0.
- What can I use instead of PDF?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: haiku.rag MCP server, PDF Writer (PDF Agent Stack) MCP server and AgentMD MCP server. Compare all PDF alternatives.
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