io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf

mcp-pymupdf

MCP server for reading PDFs using PyMuPDF. Supports local files and URLs.

3 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

No license

Actively maintained

Last commit 9d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

3 tools · ~69 tok

Grade A · 0.0% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-penny4nonsense-mcp-pymupdf": {
      "args": [
        "mcp-pymupdf"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf does

An MCP server for reading PDFs using PyMuPDF. Supports local files and URLs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf safe to use?: io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf?: io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf do?: io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf provides 3 tools: Installation, Tools, Notes. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf?: io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf actively maintained?: io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf is actively maintained — last commit was 9 days ago.

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Tools

read_pdf

Extract text from a PDF file or URL.

{ "source": "/path/to/file.pdf", "max_pages": 50, "max_bytes": 200000 }

get_page

Extract text from a specific page range.

{ "source": "https://example.com/paper.pdf", "start_page": 3, "end_page": 8 }

get_metadata

Retrieve PDF metadata without reading full text.

{ "source": "/path/to/file.pdf" }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf safe to use?

io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf?

io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf do?

io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf provides 3 tools: Installation, Tools, Notes. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf?

io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf actively maintained?

io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf is actively maintained — last commit was 9 days ago.

mcp-pymupdf

An MCP server for reading PDFs using PyMuPDF. Supports local files and URLs.

Installation

pip install mcp-pymupdf

Tools

`read_pdf`

Extract text from a PDF file or URL.

{
  "source": "/path/to/file.pdf",
  "max_pages": 50,
  "max_bytes": 200000
}

`get_page`

Extract text from a specific page range.

{
  "source": "https://example.com/paper.pdf",
  "start_page": 3,
  "end_page": 8
}

`get_metadata`

Retrieve PDF metadata without reading full text.

{
  "source": "/path/to/file.pdf"
}

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf": {
      "command": "mcp-pymupdf"
    }
  }
}

Notes

Scanned or image-based PDFs cannot be read without OCR
Mathematical notation may render as plain text approximations
URLs are downloaded to a temp file and deleted after reading

License

MIT