# pdf-reader-mcp

> A powerful MCP server for comprehensive PDF processing with OCR and diagram detection

Record `pdf-reader-mcp-2` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/pdf-reader-mcp-2/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/pdf-reader-mcp-2
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/pdf-reader-mcp-2/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/zixma13/pdf-reader-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/zixma13/pdf-reader-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 0.1.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, ocr, pdf, text-extraction
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:pdf-reader-mcp

### Description (declared)

# PDF Reader MCP Server

[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
[![Python 3.11+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/pdf-reader-mcp.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/pdf-reader-mcp)

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides comprehensive PDF processing capabilities, including text extraction, OCR support, and network diagram detection. Designed to work seamlessly with Amazon Q Developer CLI and other MCP-compatible systems.

## 🚀 Features

- **Text Extraction**: Extract text content from PDF files with high accuracy
- **PDF Analysis**: Get comprehensive metadata (pages, document info, encryption status)
- **Page-Specific Processing**: Extract text from specific pages
- **Multi-Language OCR**: Support for Thai and English text recognition
- **Smart Processing**: Automatically chooses between OCR and direct text extraction
- **Markdown Conversion**: Convert PDF content to clean markdown format
- **Document Analysis**: Determine if PDFs are scanned images or searchable text
- **Network Diagram Detection**: Advanced capability to detect and extract network diagrams
- **MCP Integration**: Seamless integration with Amazon Q Developer CLI

## 📦 Installation

### Using uvx (Recommended)

The easiest way to use this MCP server is with `uvx`:

```bash
# Run directly without installation
uvx pdf-reader-mcp # your mcp client can now connect using both sse and stdio transport

# Or install globally
uvx install pdf-reader-mcp
```

### Using pip

```bash
pip install pdf-reader-mcp
```

### From Source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/zixma13/pdf-reader-mcp.git
cd pdf-reader-mcp
pip install -e .
```

## 📋 Prerequisites

1. Install Tesseract OCR (required for OCR functionality):
   ```bash
   # For macOS
   brew install tesseract
   brew install tesseract-lang  # For language support including Tha…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.ocr (1, declared)
- documents.extraction (1, derived)
- documents.conversion (0.836, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/pdf-reader-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T09:25:55.071Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/pdf-reader-mcp-2/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/pdf-reader-mcp-2 · ARD identifier urn:air::server:pdf-reader-mcp-2