PDF Reader MCP
PDF Reader MCP is a MCP server for pdf tools and forms, published by SylphxAI.
Production-ready Model Context Protocol server enabling AI agents to extract text, images, and metadata from PDFs with high performance and natural content ordering.
Is it any good?
Effectiveness · benchmark pending
We haven't benchmarked PDF Reader MCP yet, so its score is provisional — computed from safety, maintenance, and documentation only, with popularity given no weight. When we benchmark it, we measure whether it produces materially better output than a frontier model alone, and that result leads the score. How we measure.
About PDF Reader MCP
Description · AI-summarised from the SylphxAI README
PDF Reader MCP is a fully-featured MCP server that provides AI agents with enterprise-grade PDF processing capabilities. It extracts text, images, and metadata from local files and remote URLs with 5-10x faster parallel processing compared to sequential approaches. Features include Y-coordinate based content ordering that preserves document layout for natural AI comprehension, flexible path support (absolute and relative paths on Windows/Unix), intelligent page range extraction, and per-page error resilience. The server is production-ready with 94%+ test coverage, strict TypeScript implementation, and works seamlessly across Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and other MCP-compatible platforms.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"sylphxai-pdf-reader-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@sylphxai/sylphxai-pdf-reader-mcp"]
}
}
}Install with your AI
Zero install · paste into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor…
Install the "PDF Reader MCP" skill into my project by following all instructions at https://skillsdirectory.co/s/sylphxai-pdf-reader-mcp
Your assistant reads /s/sylphxai-pdf-reader-mcp and follows it — fetching the files from the source, placing them, and confirming before it runs anything. No account needed. How this works.
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What does PDF Reader MCP do?
Production-ready Model Context Protocol server enabling AI agents to extract text, images, and metadata from PDFs with high performance and natural content ordering.
How do I install PDF Reader MCP?
PDF Reader MCP is a MCP server. Primary install path: { "mcpServers": { "sylphxai-pdf-reader-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@sylphxai/sylphxai-pdf-reader-mcp"] } } }
What is the Skill Score for PDF Reader MCP?
PDF Reader MCP has a Skill Score of 6.4/10 (Solid). It is currently a provisional score — PDF Reader MCP hasn't been benchmarked yet, so it weights safety 75/100 (40%), maintenance 49/100 (30%), and documentation 71/100 (30%). Popularity carries zero weight until effectiveness is measured. See methodology.
Is PDF Reader MCP free?
PDF Reader MCP is published under the MIT license. See the vendor's source repository for any usage limits or paid tiers.
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