PDF AI Tools - 15 AI-Powered PDF Tools for Claude Desktop
About
MCP server that connects Claude Desktop to 15 AI-powered PDF tools: summarize PDFs, chat with documents, generate quizzes & flashcards, compress, merge, split, OCR, convert to Word, analyze contracts, optimize resumes, and more. Works with any PDF file on your computer.
Explore
- Summarize PDF — Get brief, detailed, or bullet-point summaries
- Chat with PDF — Ask questions about any document
- Generate Quiz — Create quizzes from PDF content
- Generate Flashcards — Study cards from any document
- Compress PDF — Reduce file size (low/medium/high quality)
- Merge PDFs — Combine multiple PDFs into one
- Split PDF — Extract specific pages
- Convert to Word — PDF to DOCX conversion
- OCR PDF — Extract text from scanned documents
- Extract Text — Get plain text from any PDF
- Analyze Contract — AI-powered legal risk analysis
- Optimize Resume — AI resume optimization with job matching
- Generate Cover Letter — AI cover letter generation
- Summarize Webpage — Summarize any URL
- Paraphrase Text — Rewrite text in different styles
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 AI Tools - 15 AI-Powered PDF Tools for Claude DesktopCommand (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
``bash`
pip install pdfaitools-mcp
`
Add to Claude Desktop config:
json``
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdfaitools": {
"command": "pdfaitools-mcp",
"env": {
"PDFAITOOLS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
Connect Claude Desktop to 15 AI-powered PDF tools. Summarize, chat, quiz, compress, merge, split, OCR, and more — all from your desktop.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf ai tools - 15 ai-powered pdf tools for claude desktop": {
"pdfaitools": {
"command": "pdfaitools-mcp",
"env": {
"PDFAITOOLS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"pdfaitools": {
"command": "pdfaitools-mcp",
"env": {
"PDFAITOOLS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
PDF AI Tools MCP Server
Connect Claude Desktop to 15 AI-powered PDF tools. Summarize, chat, quiz, compress, merge, split, OCR, and more — all from your desktop.Features
- Summarize PDF — Get brief, detailed, or bullet-point summaries - Chat with PDF — Ask questions about any document - Generate Quiz — Create quizzes from PDF content - Generate Flashcards — Study cards from any document - Compress PDF — Reduce file size (low/medium/high quality) - Merge PDFs — Combine multiple PDFs into one - Split PDF — Extract specific pages - Convert to Word — PDF to DOCX conversion - OCR PDF — Extract text from scanned documents - Extract Text — Get plain text from any PDF - Analyze Contract — AI-powered legal risk analysis - Optimize Resume — AI resume optimization with job matching - Generate Cover Letter — AI cover letter generation - Summarize Webpage — Summarize any URL - Paraphrase Text — Rewrite text in different stylesQuick Start
``bash
pip install pdfaitools-mcp
`
Add to Claude Desktop config:
`json
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdfaitools": {
"command": "pdfaitools-mcp",
"env": {
"PDFAITOOLS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
``
Links
- GitHub - Website - API DocsSign in to leave a review
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