# pdfproof-mcp

> Deterministic PDF document validation with traceable evidence.

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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/pdfproof-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: pdfproof-mcp contributors
- version: 0.2.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:pdfproof-mcp

### Description (declared)

# pdfproof-mcp

`pdfproof-mcp` is a framework-agnostic MCP server and Python engine for validating
structured JSON, Excel, or CSV test data against PDF documents. It resolves records through
an ordered, configurable hierarchy and returns deterministic evidence, structured
results, and an HTML report.

The published distribution is named `pdfproof-mcp`; its Python import package is
`pdfproof`.

The project is intentionally not a general PDF-to-Excel converter, browser automation
tool, or LLM-based validation system.

## Current status

The deterministic core and MCP integration are implemented. The approved architecture and
implementation sequence are in [PLAN.md](PLAN.md).

## Core guarantee

Each locator narrows only the candidates left by the preceding locator. The engine never
searches an expected field across the entire document after a record has been resolved,
and never silently selects among ambiguous candidates.

## Test-data formats

JSON, multi-sheet Excel, and simple tabular CSV inputs normalize into the same test suite.
Each user-defined `record_id` links its locators and validations, but is never an implicit PDF
search key. See [the test-data schema](docs/test-data-schema.md) for the JSON example, Excel
sheet design, CSV guidance, and the locator-versus-validation distinction. Canonical fields use
stable machine keys with optional report labels; financial values use `Decimal` precision.

## Usage modes

For batch testing, pass `test_data_path` pointing to JSON, Excel, or CSV. For interactive use,
an AI host/client can convert a user request into direct structured `test_data` for the same
`validate_document` tool. Both paths use one canonical model and one deterministic validation
engine; the server does not parse natural language. See [MCP usage](docs/mcp-usage.md).

## MCP server

Start the stdio server from `C:\pdfproof-mcp`:

```text
.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pdfproof.server
```

The primary `validate_document` tool accepts exactly one of `test_da…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- infra.browser-automation (0.859, derived)
- documents.spreadsheets (0.733, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/pdfproof-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T09:25:54.831Z)

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