Document Reader
About
Enables interaction with PDF and EPUB documents for reading, analyzing content, and extracting information from document files.
Details
- Author
- jbchouinard
- Repository
- jbchouinard/mcp-document-reader
- GitHub stars
- 3
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, Workplace, File Management, AI, Search, Frontend, Knowledge Base, Project Management, Infrastructure
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Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Document ReaderCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)poetryArguments-
Argument 1
-C -
Argument 2
path/to/mcp-document-reader -
Argument 3
run -
Argument 4
mcp-document-reader
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Run with poetry:
{
"mcpServers": {
"documents": {
"command": "poetry",
"args": ["-C", "path/to/mcp-document-reader", "run", "mcp-document-reader"]
}
}
}
Alternatively, build and install with pip, then run the script directly:
poetry build
pipx install dist/*.whl
which mcp-document-reader
Then use the following config, with the path output by which:
{
"mcpServers": {
"documents": {
"command": "/path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"args": []
}
}
}
poetry install
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"document reader": {
"cwd": "path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"env": {},
"args": [
"-C",
"path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"run",
"mcp-document-reader"
],
"command": "poetry"
}
}
}Linux
{
"cwd": "path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"env": [],
"args": [
"-C",
"path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"run",
"mcp-document-reader"
],
"command": "poetry"
}Macos
{
"cwd": "path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"env": [],
"args": [
"-C",
"path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"run",
"mcp-document-reader"
],
"command": "poetry"
}Windows
{
"cwd": "path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"env": [],
"args": [
"-C",
"path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"run",
"mcp-document-reader"
],
"command": "poetry"
}mcp-document-reader
A rudimentary MCP server for interacting with PDF and EPUB documents.
I use this with Windsurf IDE by Codeium, which
only supports MCP tools, not resources.
Installation
Requirements
- Python 3.11+
- Poetry
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/jbchouinard/mcp-document-reader.git
cd mcp-document-reader
poetry install
Configure MCP Server
Run with poetry:
{
"mcpServers": {
"documents": {
"command": "poetry",
"args": ["-C", "path/to/mcp-document-reader", "run", "mcp-document-reader"]
}
}
}
Alternatively, build and install with pip, then run the script directly:
poetry build
pipx install dist/*.whl
which mcp-document-reader
Then use the following config, with the path output by which:
{
"mcpServers": {
"documents": {
"command": "/path/to/mcp-document-reader",
"args": []
}
}
}
Development
Setup
# Install dependencies
poetry install
Testing
poetry run pytest
Linting
poetry run ruff check --fix .
poetry run ruff format .
License
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