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pdfnative MCP — PDF/A & PDF/X-4 generation, PAdES signing & introspection for Cursor

io.github.nizoka/pdfnative-mcp

PDF MCP: generate PDF/A & PDF/X-4, sign & verify PAdES (LTV), forms, merge, split, encrypt. 28 tools

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install pdfnative MCP — PDF/A & PDF/X-4 generation, PAdES signing & introspection in Cursor

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfnative-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pdfnative-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_CACHE_DIR>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_PORT": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_PORT>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_MAX_INFLATE_BYTES": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_MAX_INFLATE_BYTES>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_CREATION_DATE": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_CREATION_DATE>",
        "SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH": "<SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_URL": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_URL>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_AUTH": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_AUTH>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_REVOCATION": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_REVOCATION>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_ALLOWED_HOSTS>",
        "PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_TIMEOUT_MS": "<PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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