MCP SERVERPull text out of PDFs — born-digital or scanned — page by page or in a batch to TXT files.
LABSCO SUMMARY
read_pdf_text handles PDFs that already carry a text layer; read_by_ocr covers scanned pages an extractor would miss, at the language and DPI you set. All three work on local file paths.
A PDF-reading server: its 3 tools extract PDF text to markdown, read scanned pages with OCR, and convert files to TXT.
Read access to the PDF files on the machine where the server runs.
One command — uvx mcp-pdf-reader
USE CASES
Extract a page range as markdown from a PDF that already has a text layer.
Run OCR over the pages at a set language and DPI to recover the text.
Turn several PDFs into TXT files in one call, with OCR when needed.
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
read_by_ocrRead text from PDF file using OCR. Args: file_path: Path to the PDF file start_page: Start page (1-based) end_page: End page (inclusive) language: OCR language code dpi: OCR DPI Returns: Dict with extracted text, page_count, extracted_pages
read_pdf_textOutput PDF text content per page in markdown format. Args: file_path: Path to the PDF file start_page: Start page (1-based) end_page: End page (inclusive) Returns: Markdown formatted string
read_pdf_to_fileConvert multiple PDF files to TXT files Args: file_paths: List of PDF file paths use_ocr: Whether to use OCR, options are "yes" or "no" language: OCR language code, only effective when use_ocr="yes" dpi: OCR DPI value, only effective when use_ocr="yes" Returns: Dictionary containing paths to the converted TXT files
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
3 tools when we connected.
uvx on PATH
CONTEXT COST
Rated by the size of the 3 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pdf-reader": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-pdf-reader"
]
}
}
}uvx mcp-pdf-readerMCP servers
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