Pdfedit MCP Server

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Pdfedit MCP is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. 678 installs a week from npm. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 27 Oct 2026.

Edit text inside existing PDFs: replace, delete, redact, insert, fill forms; original fonts kept.

Installs per day peak 513 · avg 61 · -42% w/w

a month agotoday

Uptime history 18 days of history

18 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

221 ms

Response time

average over 24h

678

Installs / week

npm and PyPI

What changed 15

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 18 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

27 Oct 3 tools changed the parameters they ask for5 times that day pdf_batch, pdf_edit, pdf_find

27 Oct a tool changed version3 times that day

27 Oct a tool description was rewritten2 times that day pdf_edit

20 Oct a tool changed version

19 Oct a tool changed version

18 Oct 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for pdf_batch, pdf_edit

18 Oct a tool changed version

and 5 more, back to 18 October 2026

What the code does

We read the source, 6 d ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command sdk/python/generate.py:100

    subprocess.run(

Runs an external command mcp/pdfedit-mcp/src/files.ts:171

  const match = /^(.*?)(\.[^.\/]+)?$/.exec(inputPath);

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add pdfedit-mcp --transport http https://pdfedit-mcp-remote.niubai-pdfedit-remote-worker.workers.dev/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://pdfedit-mcp-remote.niubai-pdfedit-remote-worker.workers.dev/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.pdfedit-mcp]
url = "https://pdfedit-mcp-remote.niubai-pdfedit-remote-worker.workers.dev/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfedit-mcp": {
      "url": "https://pdfedit-mcp-remote.niubai-pdfedit-remote-worker.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "pdfedit-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pdfedit-mcp-remote.niubai-pdfedit-remote-worker.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

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

pdf

pdf_batch

Apply the same edits to one template PDF once per record, producing one output document per record — a mail merge over an existing PDF. Returns a `job_id`: call `pdf_job` with it for the per-record results. To change text on one page only, set `scope.pages`; to pick one of several identical matches, use `scope.after` with nearby text or `scope.occurrence`. Use `op: 'redact'` when the text must be unrecoverable.

pdf_edit

Edit an existing PDF in place: replace, delete, redact or insert text, fill form fields, stamp an image (a signature, a chop) into a box or remove one, keeping the original layout, fonts and everything you did not point at. `edits[]` is taken exactly as the API takes it (`op`, `scope`, `match`, `fit`), and the result carries up to 3 before/after previews of the pages that changed. To change text on one page only, set `scope.pages`; to pick one of several identical matches, use `scope.after` with nearby text or `scope.occurrence`. Use `op: 'redact'` when the text must be unrecoverable.

pdf_find

Read the text of a PDF: every span with its page, position, font and span id, optionally filtered by `query` (the same four `match` modes an edit uses) and `pages`, over the `content`, `forms` and `annotations` layers. Paginated: pass the returned `next_cursor` back as `cursor` for the next page. Use it before `pdf_edit` to check what a document actually says and to pick the `scope` that selects the match you mean.

pdf_job

The result of an async edit or a batch, by `job_id`: the same body `pdf_edit` returns once the job is done, plus `progress` while it is still queued or running, and `records` for a batch.

pdf_preview

Render one page of a PDF as a PNG image block, optionally cropped to `region` and with rectangles drawn over `highlight`. Use it to see a page before editing it, or to check the result afterwards.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://pdfedit-mcp-remote.niubai-pdfedit-remote-worker.workers.dev/mcp	streamable-http	answering	180 ms	2 min ago

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Pdfedit MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Pdfedit MCP do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: pdf_batch, pdf_edit, pdf_find, pdf_job, pdf_preview. 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 Pdfedit MCP working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 221 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Pdfedit MCP?

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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Pdfedit MCP need an API key?

No. Pdfedit MCP completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Pdfedit MCP?

It answers our handshake in 221 ms on average, which is faster than 64% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

How many people use Pdfedit MCP?

The npm package @niubai/pdfedit-mcp was installed 678 times in the last week. Week over week that is -42%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Pdfedit MCP open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at pdfedit-mcp-remote.niubai-pdfedit-remote-worker.workers.dev, which runs on its operator's own terms.