PDF To Text MCP Server

Extracts PDF text locally, with macOS PDFKit and Vision OCR fallbacks and optional AI retry.

Local serverstdio

What is the PDF To Text MCP Server?

PDF To Text is an MCP integration. Extracts PDF text locally, with macOS PDFKit and Vision OCR fallbacks and optional AI retry.

Packages and local setup

The published npm package is @jim-panse/pdf-to-text-mcp, version 0.4.5. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares OPENAI_API_KEY: Optional secret. Enables one AI extraction retry when local extraction is inadequate; omit for local-only operation.; OPENAI_MODEL: Optional OpenAI model used only for AI retry. Defaults to gpt-5.4-mini.; AI_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS: Optional cap for all AI-generated output tokens, including non-visible reasoning tokens. Integer minimum 800; defaults to 32000.; WRITE_TEXT: Optionally save successful extraction text beside the source PDF..

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository. This profile uses version 0.4.5 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OPENAI_API_KEYOptional secret. Enables one AI extraction retry when local extraction is inadequate; omit for local-only operation.Check documentation
OPENAI_MODELOptional OpenAI model used only for AI retry. Defaults to gpt-5.4-mini.Check documentation
AI_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENSOptional cap for all AI-generated output tokens, including non-visible reasoning tokens. Integer minimum 800; defaults to 32000.Check documentation
WRITE_TEXTOptionally save successful extraction text beside the source PDF.Check documentation