What is the main functional difference between Gramps Evidence and PDF Reader MCP?

Gramps Evidence is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a local stdio subprocess. PDF Reader MCP belongs to Search & Data Extraction and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Pick Gramps Evidence for developer tools work and PDF Reader MCP for search & data extraction.

How do I install Gramps Evidence or PDF Reader MCP in Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf?

Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client. PDF Reader MCP has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.

Are Gramps Evidence and PDF Reader MCP free to use, or do they require API keys?

Gramps Evidence is listed as free. Auth: other. PDF Reader MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.

Can I run both Gramps Evidence and PDF Reader MCP at the same time in my AI client?

Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add gramps-evidence and pdf-reader-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.

Which MCP server has higher directory engagement and quality ratings?

On AllMCPs, Gramps Evidence has a quality signal of 53/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. PDF Reader MCP has 65/100 (Great) with 2 views, 0 installs and 1,041 GitHub stars.

Gramps Evidence vs PDF Reader MCP

Gramps Evidence vs PDF Reader MCP | AllMCPs

Feature & specification comparison

Rows where the two servers differ are marked.

Spec	G Gramps Evidence	PDF Reader MCP
Category	Developer Tools	Search & Data Extraction
Quality signal	53/100 · Good	65/100 · Great
Install command	Confirmed	Not confirmed yet
Transport	Local subprocess (stdio)	—
Auth	other	No auth required
Pricing	Free	Free
Required env vars	`GRAMPS_MCP_API_URLGRAMPS_MCP_USERNAMEGRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD`	None listed
Verified owner	Community listing	Community listing
GitHub stars	0	1,041
Directory activity	0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes	2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes
Tools	80	4
Full listing	View Gramps Evidence	View PDF Reader MCP

Tools & capabilities

Gramps Evidence tools 80

add_personCreate a person, optionally with cited birth/death events; each event's type may be left out.
add_familyLink parents + children with an optional cited marriage. A child may be given with its relationship to each parent — a stepchild in the same call.
add_event_to_personAdd a cited event (residence, census, occupation…) to a person.
add_event_to_familyAdd a dated/placed event (marriage, divorce…) to a family.
add_child_to_familyAdd an existing person as a child of an existing family.
add_event_refShare an **existing** event with another person, in a role (Witness, Informant, Godparent…): one census entry or burial, one set of citations. What is the person's own — their line on the sheet, their age — goes on the reference as attributes (`As enumerated`, `Age`).
add_alternate_nameAdd a non-primary name (AKA, married name, nickname) to a person, with the citation for that form of the name.
add_sourceCreate a Source (record set, book, certificate), optionally in a repository.
add_citationCreate/reuse a standalone Citation on a Source.
add_repositoryCreate a Repository (archive, library, cemetery, website).
add_placeCreate a place deliberately, typed and parented, instead of letting one appear as a side effect of naming it in an event.
add_noteCreate a note, optionally attached to an object. Re-reads the target and returns `verified: false` rather than claiming an attachment it can't demonstrate. Any length in one call; a server error says whether anything was written, and an attach that failed takes the new note back.
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PDF Reader MCP tools 4

inspectDocument and media evidence when Markdown is not enough. video_timeline (bounded scene/cue timeline) and render_frame (actual decoded frames), and cite_check (quote/location support, not semantic truth), are anymd Pro; PDF operations: inspect (page facts, metadata), render_page (PNG images), extract_regions (crop bounding boxes), ocr_pages / analyze_regions (configured OCR or vision provider), structure (JSON with document map, elements, geometry; profile quality|research adds trust and accessibility reports), compare (page-level diff of sources[0] vs sources[1]).
outlineReturn a document heading tree with stable node ids, title paths, page/slide/chapter ranges and Markdown byte ranges. PDF bookmarks or detected headings, Word headings, PowerPoint slides, EPUB chapters and headings, HTML and Markdown. format json (default) or tree. Pass a node id to read to fetch that section.
readRead any document as clean Markdown: PDF, Word (DOCX), PowerPoint (PPTX), Excel (XLSX/XLS/ODS), CSV, EPUB, HTML or a web URL, Markdown/text, images (metadata + OCR), audio/video (metadata, chapters, subtitles). Pages/slides/sheets carry  style markers for citation. Long documents stop at max_tokens (default 20000) and end with a cursor to continue; choose pages with pages: "1-5,8". A directory returns its readable files.
searchSearch documents for text: one file, many files, whole directories (recursive, .gitignore aware), or URLs, across every format read supports. Returns each hit as file + page/slide/sheet + a snippet with the match in bold. mode auto (default) finds the exact phrase and falls back to BM25-ranked passages when there is none; literal or ranked force one. Narrow directories with glob, e.g. "*.pdf".

Ready-to-paste client configs

Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.

Gramps Evidence

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gramps-evidence": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gramps-evidence-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL": "YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL_HERE",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME": "YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME_HERE",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD": "YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

PDF Reader MCP

No confirmed install command for PDF Reader MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.

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What is the main functional difference between Gramps Evidence and PDF Reader MCP?

How do I install Gramps Evidence or PDF Reader MCP in Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf?

Are Gramps Evidence and PDF Reader MCP free to use, or do they require API keys?

Can I run both Gramps Evidence and PDF Reader MCP at the same time in my AI client?

Which MCP server has higher directory engagement and quality ratings?

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