pdf-mcp: MCP server that lets Claude Code and other AI agents read and search large PDFs, one file or a whole folder

by jztan · MCP Server · ★ 167

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How to install pdf-mcp

pip install pdf-mcp
pip install 'pdf-mcp[semantic]'

Taken from the project's README on GitHub.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 81/100

None of the 42 rules matched — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against 42 published rules built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours.

The quality score combines nine heuristic checks of the repo and its README: completeness, clarity, specificity, examples, structure, agent readiness, step-by-step content, instruction quality and security notes. It rates how well the project explains itself to an agent, not the code.

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Quick Facts

Stars167
Forks18
LanguagePython
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseMIT
Quality Score81/100
Open Issues2
Last Updated2026-11-07
Created2026-01-28
Platformsclaude-code, cli, codex, mcp, python
Est. Tokens~17k

About pdf-mcp

pdf-mcp Surgical PDF access for AI agents — search, read, and extract without flooding context. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI agents to read, search, and extract content from PDF files. Built with Python and PyMuPDF, with SQLite-based caching for persistence across server restarts.

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How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy: 42 published rules, covering credential harvesting, data exfiltration, curl | sh installers and more. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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