Best MCP Servers for PDF (2026)

The best MCP servers for PDFs — let AI agents extract text and tables, read, and process PDF documents so they can answer questions over your files.

Top 10 · ranked by installs, upvotes, stars and views · refreshed hourly

  1. Why it’s hereMost popular in this category on AllMCPs

    Evidence-first PDF MCP. Agent Document Twin with citeable page+bbox evidence.

    Upvotes: 0Installs: 0GitHub stars: 1.1k
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  2. Opentakeoff logo

    #2 Opentakeoff

    Kentucky-ai

    Why it’s hereCommunity pick

    Construction plan takeoff on stdio — load a plan PDF, read the title block, adopt the drawing scale (never applied silently), one-click trace rooms, and export real-world quantities (square footage, linear feet, counts) with provenance receipts. Install via NPM: npx -y opentakeoff-mcp

    Upvotes: 0Installs: 0GitHub stars: 738
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  3. Why it’s hereCommunity pick

    A Mermaid diagram rendering MCP server for Claude Code with live reload functionality, supporting multiple export formats (SVG, PNG, PDF) and themes.

    Upvotes: 0Installs: 0GitHub stars: 220
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  4. Why it’s hereCommunity pick

    OpenDART 전자공시MCP | 83개 API → 15 MCP 도구. 공시·재무·지분·XBRL + 버핏급 애널리스트 프레임(내부자 시그널·회계 리스크·퀄리티 체크리스트) + HWP/PDF 첨부 마크다운화 | 83 Korean DART disclosure APIs → 15 MCP tools with Buffett-grade analyst frames

    Upvotes: 0Installs: 0GitHub stars: 119
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  5. Why it’s herePopular pick — 1 upvotes

    Convert HTML to PDF/PNG/WebP/PPTX slide carousels with 11 themes (LinkedIn, Instagram, pitch decks, infographics). Pixel-perfect Puppeteer rendering, dimension-aware reflow for portrait/landscape, token-efficient JSON mode. npx slideshot-mcp.

    Upvotes: 1Installs: 0GitHub stars: 2
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  6. Why it’s hereCommunity pick

    Parse Korean documents (HWP, HWPX, PDF, XLSX, DOCX, PPTX) to Markdown; fill forms, diff, render.

    Upvotes: 0Installs: 0GitHub stars: 2.9k
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  7. Why it’s hereCommunity pick

    Local-first image-to-SVG + PDF/Office toolkit that measures its own output. Nothing uploaded.

    Upvotes: 0Installs: 0GitHub stars: 18
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  8. Why it’s hereCommunity pick

    Resource-only MCP server with docs and templates for the boxpdf TypeScript PDF layout library.

    Upvotes: 0Installs: 0GitHub stars: 19
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  9. Why it’s hereCommunity pick

    Any file → clean Markdown for AI agents: PDF, Office, EPUB, HTML, images. Local Rust MCP server.

    Upvotes: 0Installs: 0GitHub stars: 1.1k
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  10. Why it’s hereCommunity pick

    Author, validate, edit, and render deterministic .zen design docs to PNG/PDF.

    Upvotes: 0Installs: 0GitHub stars: 23
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Which PDF MCP server should you use?

When choosing a Model Context Protocol server for PDF, select verified or official listings if you need strict API security guarantees. For rapid local dev testing with Claude or Cursor, community-maintained tools offer zero-setup configuration blocks ready to copy-paste.

Frequently asked questions about PDF MCP servers

What is the best PDF MCP server?

This page ranks PDF MCP servers by real usage across the AllMCPs directory. Options range from simple text extraction to full layout and table parsing.

Can an agent read a scanned PDF?

Some servers include OCR for scanned documents; others handle only text-based PDFs. Check each listing for OCR support if your files are scans.

Can it extract tables, not just text?

Several PDF servers preserve tables and structure so an agent gets clean, queryable data rather than a flat text dump.