Pdf Content Search Mcp
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# PDF Content Search MCP Server [](https://swift.org) [](https://apple.com/macos) [](LICENSE)…
Explore
- Full‑text search across thousands of PDFs in under a second
- Apple Vision OCR for scanned documents
- Page numbers, snippets, and bounding‑box coordinates in results
- Tools for search, filter, OCR, indexing, and document metadata
- Automatic session handling via Mcp-Session-Id header
- Stdio transport with meaningful JSON‑RPC error codes
1. macOS 12 (Monterey) or later
2. PDF Content Search app installed and running — get it here (one-time purchase €89.99, 30-day free trial, includes free iOS + Android scanner companion apps)
3. Swift 5.9+ (Xcode 15+) if building from source
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PDF_CS_TOKEN | _(none)_ | Bearer token matching the app's API Server token (required) |
| PDF_CS_PORT | 44477 | Port of the app's API server |
| PDF_CS_HOST | 127.0.0.1 | Host to reach the app |
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Full-text PDF search + OCR for Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client.
This is the official Model Context Protocol bridge for PDF Content Search — a native macOS app that indexes thousands of PDFs (including scanned ones via Apple Vision OCR) and finds anything in under a second.
> You need the PDF Content Search app installed and running. This MCP server is a stdio→HTTP bridge — the index, OCR engine, and search live in the app. Get PDF Content Search at store.juergenkoller.software/apps/pdf-content-search.
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What you can do
> "Claude, find every invoice from Telekom in 2024 across all my PDFs and list amount + date."
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> "Cursor, search 'data processing agreement' across my contracts folder, return the matching PDF + page number."
The app exposes search, filter, OCR, indexing, and document-metadata tools through MCP. Search results include page numbers, highlighted snippets, and bounding-box coordinates from OCR. Full tool list is announced by the server on tools/list after initialize.
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Installation
Prerequisites
1. macOS 12 (Monterey) or later
2. PDF Content Search app installed and running — get it here (one-time purchase €89.99, 30-day free trial, includes free iOS + Android scanner companion apps)
3. Swift 5.9+ (Xcode 15+) if building from source
Build from source
```bash
git clone https://github.com/juergenkoller-software/pdf-content-search-mcp.git
cd pdf-content-search-mcp
swift build -c release
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