LABSCO SUMMARY

A PDF becomes text the model can work with, in whichever of two shapes suits the next step.

Accepting a URL as well as a path means a document behind a link never has to be downloaded first. The format choice carries the rest: Markdown when a person or a model will read the result, structured JSON when something downstream will parse it. Two parameters are the whole interface — where the document is, and how the output should look.

What it is

A single-tool PDF parser backed by NetMind's service.

What you get

Content extracted from a PDF supplied either as a local file path or as a remote URL.
The result as structured JSON or as a Markdown string, chosen per call.

Requirements

A NetMind account and its token, supplied as NETMIND_API_TOKEN.

Setup effort

One command plus a key — uvx netmind-parse-pdf-mcp, then supply credentials

See installation options

USE CASES

01

Getting a document's contents into the conversation

The PDF can sit on disk or behind a URL, and the extracted text comes back as Markdown ready to read.

parse_pdf

02

Feeding a document into something that expects structure

When the output is consumed by code rather than read, the JSON form removes the parsing step that Markdown would need.

parse_pdf

1 tool

Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.

`parse_pdf`

Parses a PDF file and returns the extracted content in the specified format.

The function supports both local file paths and remote URLs as input sources. It extracts the content from the PDF and formats it either as structured JSON or as a Markdown string.

:param source: The source of the PDF file to be parsed.

If it is a string starting with "http://" or "https://", it will be treated as a remote URL.
Otherwise, it will be treated as a local file path (absolute path recommended, e.g. "/Users/yourname/file.pdf"). :param format: The desired format for the parsed output. Supports:
"json": Returns the extracted content as a dictionary.
"markdown": Returns the extracted content as a Markdown-formatted string. :return: The extracted content in the specified format (JSON dictionary or Markdown string).

BEFORE YOU INSTALL

What to know first

Tools you get

1 tool when we connected.

Requires

uvx on PATH
NETMIND_API_TOKEN in your environment

Where it runs

All 3 documented clients run the server on your machine.

CONTEXT COST

Light Standing cost

Rated by the size of the one tool definition that rides along on every turn

INSTALLATION

Connect your client

Server setup

TERMINAL

uvx netmind-parse-pdf-mcp

MCP Clients

Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parse-pdf": {
      "env": {
        "NETMIND_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_NETMIND_API_TOKEN>"
      },
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "netmind-parse-pdf-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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