MCP Pymupdf

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

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Client Config & Setup

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Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

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

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Capabilities & Tool Schemas (3)Self-reported

Inspect callable tools, capabilities, and parameters exposed to AI agents by MCP Pymupdf.

read_pdf

Extract text from a PDF file or URL.

get_page

Extract text from a specific page range.

get_metadata

Retrieve PDF metadata without reading full text.

Documentation Overview

mcp-pymupdf

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

Installation

Terminal

pip install mcp-pymupdf

Tools

`read_pdf`

Extract text from a PDF file or URL.

config.json

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

`get_page`

Extract text from a specific page range.

config.json

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

`get_metadata`

Retrieve PDF metadata without reading full text.

config.json

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

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

config.json

{
  "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

Read the full README →View source on GitHub →

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Frequently Asked Questions about MCP Pymupdf

Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "mcp-pymupdf": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-pymupdf"] } }

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Documentation Overview

mcp-pymupdf

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

Installation

Terminal

pip install mcp-pymupdf

Tools

`read_pdf`

Extract text from a PDF file or URL.

config.json

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

`get_page`

Extract text from a specific page range.

config.json

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

`get_metadata`

Retrieve PDF metadata without reading full text.

config.json

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

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

config.json

{
  "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