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pdf mcp for Zed

io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp

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

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install pdf mcp in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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

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

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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