pdf-text MCP Server

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answering

pdf-text is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 12 tools.

PDF URL → extracted text for bots. Free try then prepaid TEST. https://pdf.kymac.co

Uptime history 22 hours of history

22 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

83 of 83 checks

Tools

read from the server

468 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check pdf-text every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add pdf-text --transport http https://pdf.kymac.co/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-text": {
      "url": "https://pdf.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.pdf-text]
url = "https://pdf.kymac.co/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-text": {
      "url": "https://pdf.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-text": {
      "url": "https://pdf.kymac.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 12

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

credit

credit_balance

Derived prepaid balance for this caller_id (GET /credits/balance).

credit_events

Append-only Ledger events for this caller_id (GET /credits/events): credit.grant (first_key), credit.purchase, credit.debit (pdf_success), optional credit.balance_snapshot.

list_credit_packs

Prepaid TEST packs (GET /credits/packs). checkout_credits is intent only; credits grant after confirm_credits.

checkout

checkout_credits

Stripe TEST PaymentIntent for a pack (POST /credits/checkout). Intent only — returns credits_pending; credits are not granted or spendable until confirm_credits succeeds. Requires a caller key.

confirm

confirm_credits

Confirm a TEST PaymentIntent with Stripe test card pm_card_visa (POST /credits/confirm). This is when credits become granted/spendable (appends credit.purchase with credits_added). TEST only.

health

health

Public readiness (GET /health): billing (test|gated) and runner_ready. No key.

issue

issue_key

Mint a caller key (POST /keys). Bot install starts at GET https://pdf.kymac.co/llms.txt (sole advertised entry). Secret ssm_… is returned once. Prefer Authorization: Bearer; X-API-Key is an alias. First issue grants 1 free credit (credit.grant reason=first_key). Quote cost with quote_credits before pdf_extract.

pdf

pdf_extract

Text-layer PDF extract (POST /pdf). Install via GET https://pdf.kymac.co/llms.txt only. Prefer Authorization: Bearer; X-API-Key is an alias. Golden URL https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf — compare ok true/false JSON in llms.txt. First key includes 1 free credit. Quote first with quote_credits (no debit). Debits 1 credit on ok:true (credit.debit reason=pdf_success). 200 bodies include credits_burned and credits_remaining. HTTP fails use code/message/retryable/next (error aliases message). 401 next=refresh key. 402: code=insufficient_credits, retryable=false, next=buy credits. Retryable fails use next=retry. No OCR.

quote

quote_credits

Dry-run cost for an op without debit (GET /credits/quote?op=pdf). Returns cost, balance, and would_succeed.

revoke

revoke_key

Invalidate the presented secret (POST /keys/revoke). Same id is revoked; old secret then fails 401 invalid_api_key. Prefer Authorization: Bearer; X-API-Key is an alias only. No ops file-edit.

rotate

rotate_key

Replace the presented secret (POST /keys/rotate). Same id/caller_id and credits. New ssm_… is returned once. Old secret then fails 401 invalid_api_key. Prefer Authorization: Bearer; X-API-Key is an alias only. No ops file-edit.

verify

verify_key

Confirm PDF_TEXT_API_KEY or Authorization: Bearer (GET /keys/verify). X-API-Key is an alias only. Does not echo the secret.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://pdf.kymac.co/mcp	streamable-http	answering	480 ms	11 min ago

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pdf-text — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can pdf-text do?

It exposes 12 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: checkout_credits, confirm_credits, credit_balance, credit_events, health, issue_key and 6 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is pdf-text working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 83 of 83 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 468 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect pdf-text?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does pdf-text need an API key?

No. pdf-text completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 12 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is pdf-text?

It answers our handshake in 468 ms on average, which is faster than 31% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.