Convert, compress & merge PDFs and 100+ file formats from any AI agent. By GuruPDF.
Convert, compress & merge PDFs and 100+ file formats from any AI agent. By GuruPDF. The gurupdf mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 7 defined tools rather than through you.
Each tool costs a few credits. Free accounts get daily credits (refreshed every day) and 2 conversions/minute, 10/day. When you run out, the assistant will tell you — you can wait for the daily refresh or top up / upgrade. Conversions run on GuruPDF's servers; files are deleted automatically within an hour.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
convert_file — Convert/process a local file (or URL). Give it an input and a target format (pdf, png, docx…) or a tool slug (compress-pdf, merge-pdf…). Saves theget_status — Check a conversion job by id and download the result when ready (for long jobs like video)list_conversions — List supported conversions/tools, optionally filtered by an input formatcheck_credits — Show remaining credits and how to get moreCursor — The Cursor tool exposed by this serverWindsurf — The Windsurf tool exposed by this serverExamples — The Examples tool exposed by this serverYou will need 2 environment variables: GURUPDF_API_KEY, GURUPDF_API_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. GuruPDF's toolset — convert_file, get_status, list_conversions and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by GuruPDF; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against GuruPDF's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| convert_file | Convert/process a local file (or URL). Give it an input and a target format (pdf, png, docx…) or a tool slug (compress-pdf, merge-pdf…). Saves the result to disk. |
| get_status | Check a conversion job by id and download the result when ready (for long jobs like video). |
| list_conversions | List supported conversions/tools, optionally filtered by an input format. |
| check_credits | Show remaining credits and how to get more. |
| Cursor | The Cursor tool exposed by this server. |
| Windsurf | The Windsurf tool exposed by this server. |
| Examples | The Examples tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"gurupdf": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "gurupdf-mcp"],
"env": { "GURUPDF_API_KEY": "your_token_here" }
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GURUPDF_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| GURUPDF_API_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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