PDF Utilities MCP

What it does

PDF Utilities MCP connects AI assistants to your local PDF files so they can read, create, merge, split, and edit documents on your behalf. It ships as both a standalone MCP server and a VS Code extension that exposes the server to GitHub Copilot Chat, letting you manipulate PDFs through natural language commands.

Tools

• read_pdf — Extract text from a PDF with optional page-range selection
• get_pdf_info — Retrieve metadata such as page count, title, author, and file size
• create_pdf — Generate a new PDF from text content with formatting options (font size, page size)
• merge_pdfs — Combine multiple PDF files into a single document
• split_pdf — Extract a page range from a PDF into a new file
• update_pdf_metadata — Modify title, author, subject, or keywords in a PDF
• extract_pages — Save individual pages as separate PDF files

Installation

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-utilities": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pdf-utilities-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

For VS Code Copilot, install the PDF Utilities extension from the VS Code Marketplace — it bundles the MCP server automatically.

Supported hosts

VS Code Copilot (via extension), Claude Desktop (via stdio).