Pdf Reader
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An MCP server that can extract text from PDFs and images. It supports:
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- sunderbharath85
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- Native text extraction from PDFs with embedded text
- OCR for scanned PDFs and images via Tesseract
- Optional Poppler for faster PDF conversion
- Falls back to tesseract.js if Tesseract CLI is absent
- Cross‑platform (macOS, Windows, Linux)
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
Pdf ReaderCommand (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
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pdf reader": {
"pdf-reader-mcp": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"dist/index.js"
],
"env": []
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"pdf-reader-mcp": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"dist/index.js"
],
"env": []
}
}pdf-reader-mcp
An MCP server that can extract text from PDFs and images. It supports:
- Native text extraction from PDFs (embedded text)
- OCR for scanned PDFs and images using Tesseract
Requirements
- Node.js >= 18.18
- For best OCR on PDFs, install Poppler (for pdftoppm) and Tesseract (CLI):
macOS
brew install poppler tesseract
Windows
1. Tesseract: Download and install from GitHub releases or use chocolatey:
choco install tesseract
2. Poppler: Download from poppler-windows and add to PATH, or use chocolatey:
choco install poppler
Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)
sudo apt-get install poppler-utils tesseract-ocr
Note: Poppler is optional; without it we fall back to slower whole-file OCR. Tesseract CLI is preferred for OCR; if it is not installed, the server falls back to tesseract.js (which downloads language data on first run).
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