PDF Toolkit MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 137 installs a week from npm. Last commit 20 Apr 2026.
Unofficial PDF toolkit (merge/split/compress/OCR/convert/watermark/protect/...) via iLoveAPI.
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add pdf-toolkit-mcp -e 'ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY=<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY>' -e 'ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY=<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY>' -- npx -y pdf-toolkit-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-toolkit-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pdf-toolkit-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY": "<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY>",
"ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY": "<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.pdf-toolkit-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "pdf-toolkit-mcp"]
env = { ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY = "<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY>", ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY = "<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-toolkit-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pdf-toolkit-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY": "<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY>",
"ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY": "<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"pdf-toolkit-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pdf-toolkit-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY": "<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY>",
"ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY": "<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY> (iLoveAPI Project Public Key (from https://developer.ilovepdf.com)), <ILOVEAPI_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY> (iLoveAPI Project Secret Key. Used locally to sign short-lived JWTs).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
ILOVEAPI_SANDBOX_ROOT (Optional filesystem sandbox: if set, all I/O must stay inside this directory).
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