PDF.co MCP Server
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MCP server for PDF.co API integration - enables AI assistants to perform PDF operations
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- nikolausm
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- Merge multiple PDFs into one document.
- Split a PDF into individual pages or ranges.
- Extract text content from PDF files.
- Convert PDF data to JSON format.
- Generate PDF from HTML input.
- Check your API credits balance.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
PDF.co MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
1. Clone the repository, run npm install && npm run build.
2. Obtain an API key from PDF.co.
3. Configure your MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop) by adding the server definition to your mcpServers config, setting the PDFCO_API_KEY environment variable, and pointing command to the built dist/index.js.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf.co mcp server": {
"pdf-co": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/pdf-co-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"PDFCO_API_KEY": ""
}
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"pdf-co": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/pdf-co-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"PDFCO_API_KEY": ""
}
}
}
PDF.co MCP Server
MCP server for PDF.co API integration - enables AI assistants to perform PDF operations.
Installation
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