PDF Card MCP for Zed

io.github.velyan/pdf-card-mcp

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

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install PDF Card MCP in Zed

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

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

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