PDF.co MCP Server

MCP server for PDF.co API integration - enables AI assistants to perform PDF operations.

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the PDF.co MCP Server?

PDF.co MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the nikolausm/pdf-co-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “MCP server for PDF.co API integration - enables AI assistants to perform PDF operations”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares PDFCO_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
pdf_mergeMerge multiple PDFs
pdf_splitSplit PDF pages
pdf_to_textExtract text
pdf_to_jsonConvert to JSON
html_to_pdfHTML to PDF
get_credits_balanceCheck API credits

How to install the PDF.co MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-co": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/pdf-co-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDFCO_API_KEY": "YOUR_PDFCO_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
PDFCO_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation