PDF Card MCP for Gemini CLI

io.github.velyan/pdf-card-mcp

Local-first MCP server + CLI that turns PDFs into source-linked, card-based HTML readers.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install PDF Card MCP in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-card-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-card-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs