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Claude Code

pdf mcp for Claude Code

io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp

Agentic RAG over one PDF or a whole folder: hybrid search, selective page reads, tables, OCR.

client:Claude Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install pdf mcp in Claude Code

run in your project directory

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen.

claude mcp add pdf-mcp -e PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR=<PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR> -e PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL=<PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL> -- uvx pdf-mcp

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

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