MCP server for PDF manipulation — 22 tools: render pages to images for vision, Markdown/template→PDF, AES-256 encrypt, form-preserving merge/split
MCP server for PDF manipulation — 22 tools: render pages to images for vision, Markdown/template→PDF, AES-256 encrypt, form-preserving merge/split, fill forms, search, compare, QR codes, watermark. Zero-config, TypeScript-native. Exposed over MCP by the pdf toolkit mcp mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
A write-capable PDF toolkit for any MCP client. It provides 22 tools for reading, creating, rendering, transforming, and securing PDFs. That includes rendering pages to images so vision models can read scanned documents, building PDFs from Markdown or structured data, AES-256 encryption, and merge and split operations that keep form fields intact. There are no native dependencies, so it runs locally from a single npx command.
Most PDF servers for MCP only read. This one also writes: it creates documents from Markdown or structured data, fills and flattens forms, rearranges page structure, and applies AES-256 encryption, all without a native build toolchain.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
Category — ToolRead — pdf_extract_textManipulate — pdf_mergeCreate — pdf_createRender — pdf_render_pagesInstallation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @aryanbv/pdf-toolkit-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
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. Pdf Toolkit MCP's toolset — Category, Read, Manipulate and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by aryanbv; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Pdf Toolkit MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Category | Tool |
| Read | pdf_extract_text |
| Manipulate | pdf_merge |
| Create | pdf_create |
| Render | pdf_render_pages |
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-toolkit": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@aryanbv/pdf-toolkit-mcp"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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