MCP Server -- Read Papers in the local Specified Directory
About
It is an MCP server that exposes PDF files stored in a user-specified local directory through MCP tools. It is built in Go and designed to be used with MCP-compatible clients such as Cursor, allowing them to list and read papers from a given folder.
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- Compiled from Go source code to a single binary.
- Serves PDF files from a local directory specified via -pdfdir.
- Provides MCP tools find_pdf and read_pdf.
- Communicates over HTTP SSE at http://127.0.0.1:8080/sse.
- Easy integration with Cursor’s MCP server settings.
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"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
MCP Server -- Read Papers in the local Specified DirectoryCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Compile the source code with go build -o pdf-mcp-server main.go, then add the binary’s path to your environment variable (e.g., on macOS, update PATH in .zshrc). Start the server with pdf-mcp-server -pdfdir=your_paper_directory (e.g., -pdfdir=/Users/sirix/lunwen). In Cursor, configure the MCP server with URL http://127.0.0.1:8080/sse and set Cursor rules to call the find_pdf and read_pdf tools.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp server -- read papers in the local specified directory": {
"pdf-mcp-server": {
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/sse"
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"pdf-mcp-server": {
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/sse"
}
}MCP Server -- Read Papers in the local Specified Directory
中文文档Compile
go build -o pdf-mcp-server main.go
Installation
Add the path where the pdf-mcp-server binary is located to your environment variable.
Take macOS as an example:
export PATH=$PATH:/your/path/pdf-mcp-server
source ~/.zshrc
Start the MCP Server
pdf-mcp-server -pdfdir=your_paper_directory
For example: pdf-mcp-server -pdfdir=/Users/sirix/lunwen
Cursor Settings
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf-mcp-server": {
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/sse"
}
}
}
Set Cursor Rules
Example:When handling PDF-related requests, call the find_pdf tool of the mcp server named "pdf-mcp-server" to list all papers in the /Users/sirix/lunwen directory, search for the paper with the corresponding file name in this directory, and use the read_pdf tool of the pdf-mcp-server to read it.
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