PDF.co MCP Server provides [PDF.co API](https://pdf.co) functionality through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling AI assistants to easily
Connect Pdfco MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. PDF.co MCP Server provides PDF.co API functionality through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling AI assistants to easily perform various PDF processing tasks. The pdfco mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
pdf_to_json — Convert PDF and scanned images into JSON representation with text, fonts, images, vectors, and formatting preservedpdf_to_csv — Convert PDF and scanned images into CSV representation with layout, columns, rows, and tablespdf_to_text — Convert PDF and scanned images to text with layout preservedpdf_to_xls — Convert PDF and scanned images to XLS (Excel 97-2003) formatpdf_to_xlsx — Convert PDF and scanned images to XLSX (Excel 2007+) formatpdf_to_xml — Convert PDF and scanned images to XML formatpdf_to_html — Convert PDF and scanned images to HTML formatpdf_to_image — Convert PDF and scanned images to various image formats (JPG, PNG, WebP, TIFF)document_to_pdf — Convert various document types (DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, CSV, HTML, JPG, PNG, TIFF, WEBP) into PDFcsv_to_pdf — Convert CSV or spreadsheet files (XLS, XLSX) to PDFimage_to_pdf — Convert various image formats (JPG, PNG, TIFF) to PDFwebpage_to_pdf — Convert external webpage URL to PDFConfiguration is passed through the environment: X_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
This sits in the team communication group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Pdfco MCP's toolset — pdf_to_json, pdf_to_csv, pdf_to_text and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by pdfdotco; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Pdfco MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| pdf_to_json | Convert PDF and scanned images into JSON representation with text, fonts, images, vectors, and formatting preserved |
| pdf_to_csv | Convert PDF and scanned images into CSV representation with layout, columns, rows, and tables |
| pdf_to_text | Convert PDF and scanned images to text with layout preserved |
| pdf_to_xls | Convert PDF and scanned images to XLS (Excel 97-2003) format |
| pdf_to_xlsx | Convert PDF and scanned images to XLSX (Excel 2007+) format |
| pdf_to_xml | Convert PDF and scanned images to XML format |
| pdf_to_html | Convert PDF and scanned images to HTML format |
| pdf_to_image | Convert PDF and scanned images to various image formats (JPG, PNG, WebP, TIFF) |
| document_to_pdf | Convert various document types (DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, CSV, HTML, JPG, PNG, TIFF, WEBP) into PDF |
| csv_to_pdf | Convert CSV or spreadsheet files (XLS, XLSX) to PDF |
| image_to_pdf | Convert various image formats (JPG, PNG, TIFF) to PDF |
| webpage_to_pdf | Convert external webpage URL to PDF |
| html_to_pdf | Convert HTML to PDF |
| email_to_pdf | Convert email to PDF |
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdfco": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["pdfco-mcp"],
"env": {
"X_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| X_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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