PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) vs PEAC Protocol

A side-by-side look at the PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) and PEAC Protocol MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.

PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) logoPDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack)Cryptography · Local subprocess (stdio)Verify PDF signatures, detect tampering, and identify PDF/A and PAdES conformance levels.52GoodAuth: not declaredPEAC Protocol logoPEAC ProtocolCryptography · Remote HTTP/SSEVerify, inspect, decode, issue, and bundle PEAC receipts. Portable, offline-verifiable evidence.43FairAuth: not declared

Verdict: choose PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) for cryptography work as a local process; choose PEAC Protocol for cryptography over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.

Which MCP server should you choose?

PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) logoChoose PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) when

  • You need dedicated capabilities in the Cryptography domain.
  • You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
  • You have the keys it needs: PDF_VERIFY_TRUST_ANCHORS, PDF_VERIFY_VERAPDF.
  • You want tools like verify_signatures, verify_integrity, detect_pades_level.
Explore PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack)

PEAC Protocol logoChoose PEAC Protocol when

  • You need dedicated capabilities in the Cryptography domain.
  • You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
Explore PEAC Protocol

Feature & specification comparison

Rows where the two servers differ are marked.

SpecPDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) logoPDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack)PEAC Protocol logoPEAC Protocol
CategoryCryptographyCryptography
Quality signal52/100 · Good43/100 · Fair
Install commandConfirmedConfirmed
TransportLocal subprocess (stdio)Remote HTTP/SSE
AuthNot declaredNot declared
PricingNot declaredNot declared
Required env varsPDF_VERIFY_TRUST_ANCHORSPDF_VERIFY_VERAPDFNone listed
Verified ownerCommunity listingCommunity listing
GitHub stars014
Directory activity 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes
Tools7Not listed

Tools & capabilities

PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) tools 7

  • verify_signaturesCryptographic verification, trust chain evaluation against trust anchors, revocation checking (embedded OCSP/CRL or online), RFC 3161 timestamp verification
  • verify_integrityTamper detection: incremental updates, changes after signing, **DocMDP certification violations assessed per P value** (below), and an object-level diff of the revision chain (which objects each update added, rewrote or freed). Incremental updates are legal, so the diff says what to review — no ver…
  • detect_pades_levelPAdES baseline level (B-B / B-T / B-LT / B-LTA) with content-validated LTV data
  • identify_conformanceDeclared PDF/A / PDF/UA conformance from XMP metadata
  • validate_conformancePDF/A (ISO 19005) and PDF/UA (ISO 14289) validation: veraPDF when installed, built-in rule subset otherwise
  • validate_clausesConstraints mapped from ISO 32000-1/-2 clauses — the specification body itself, which the PDF/A and PDF/UA profiles do not cover
  • evaluate_policyDeterministic 4-value trust verdict (trust_and_use / use_with_caution / human_review_required / reject) from a fixed rule table over the verification facts, with domain profiles (contract, financial, legal, medical, government). The judge is code; the narrative is the LLM

PEAC Protocol tools

No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.

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.

PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack)

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-verify-pdf-agent-stack": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shuji-bonji/pdf-verify-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDF_VERIFY_TRUST_ANCHORS": "YOUR_PDF_VERIFY_TRUST_ANCHORS_HERE",
        "PDF_VERIFY_VERAPDF": "YOUR_PDF_VERIFY_VERAPDF_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

PEAC Protocol

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "peac-protocol": {
      "url": "https://api.example.com"
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) is categorized under Cryptography and uses a local stdio subprocess. PEAC Protocol belongs to Cryptography and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) for cryptography work and PEAC Protocol for cryptography.

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 Verify (PDF Agent Stack) has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. PEAC Protocol has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.

Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add pdf-verify-pdf-agent-stack and peac-protocol as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.

On AllMCPs, PDF Verify (PDF Agent Stack) has a quality signal of 52/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. PEAC Protocol has 43/100 (Fair) with 2 views, 0 installs and 14 GitHub stars.