jztan/pdf-mcp

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MCP server that lets Claude Code and other AI agents read large PDFs without hitting context limits. Chunked reading, hybrid search, OCR, table and image extraction, SQLite cache.

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# pdf-mcp

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**Surgical PDF access for AI agents — search, read, and extract without flooding context.**

A [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) (MCP) server that enables AI agents to read, search, and extract content from PDF files. Built with Python and PyMuPDF, with SQLite-based caching for persistence across server restarts.

**mcp-name: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp**

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