Lets agents work with PDF files: merge, merge in a chosen order, extract pages, search PDFs and find related files.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add pdf-tools -- uv --directory PATH_TOmcp-pdf-tools run pdf-tools~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.pdf-tools]
command = "uv"
args = ["--directory", "PATH_TOmcp-pdf-tools", "run", "pdf-tools"]
# codex mcp add pdf-tools -- uv --directory PATH_TOmcp-pdf-tools run pdf-tools~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-tools": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"PATH_TOmcp-pdf-tools",
"run",
"pdf-tools"
]
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"pdf-tools": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"PATH_TOmcp-pdf-tools",
"run",
"pdf-tools"
]
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-tools": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"PATH_TOmcp-pdf-tools",
"run",
"pdf-tools"
]
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-tools": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"PATH_TOmcp-pdf-tools",
"run",
"pdf-tools"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-tools": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"PATH_TOmcp-pdf-tools",
"run",
"pdf-tools"
]
}
}
}