PDF Reader MCP Server

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PDF Reader runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 113 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 11 Jun 2026.

MCP server for extracting text, images, tables, links, annotations, and metadata from PDF files.

Installs per day peak 31 · avg 15 · +5% w/w

a month agotoday

113

Installs / week

pypi · pdf-insight-mcp

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11 Jun 2026

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MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check PDF Reader 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

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add pdf-reader-mcp -- uvx pdf-insight-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-reader-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-insight-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.pdf-reader-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["pdf-insight-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-reader-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-insight-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "pdf-reader-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-insight-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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PDF Reader — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for PDF Reader?

PDF Reader runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package pdf-insight-mcp was installed 113 times last week.

How do I connect PDF Reader?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls pdf-insight-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use PDF Reader?

The pypi package pdf-insight-mcp was installed 113 times in the last week. Week over week that is +5%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is PDF Reader open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.