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pdf mcp for Cursor

io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp

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

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install pdf mcp in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<PDF_MCP_CACHE_DIR>",
        "PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL": "<PDF_MCP_CACHE_TTL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

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