PDF Extract MCP

Name: PDF Extract MCP
Author: diyaluo

by diyaluoversion 0.3.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.diyaluo/pdf-extract-mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Digital PDF invoices/bank statements to CSV, JSON or Excel with automatic PII redaction.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Docs, sheets & office work

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

DockerDocker installed

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-extract": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/diyaluo/pdf-extract-mcp:v0.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add pdf-extract -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/diyaluo/pdf-extract-mcp:v0.3.0

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-extract": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/diyaluo/pdf-extract-mcp:v0.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "pdf-extract": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/diyaluo/pdf-extract-mcp:v0.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

More stars than 0% of the other 3545 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 59% of the other 3545 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 3545 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is PDF Extract MCP safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.3.0) reached the registry 22 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Docker on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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pdf-extract-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that extracts tables and text from digital (text-layer) PDFs — bank statements, invoices, bills — into CSV / JSON / Excel, with automatic PII redaction.

Part of the invoice-extractor product. This package is the MCP

distribution channel ("ecosystem parasite": one backend, many host

workflows). Web demo lives in the parent project.

What it does

extract_pdf — upload a digital PDF (base64 or URL), get back structured table rows as CSV / JSON records / XLSX.
health — service status and free-tier limits.

Table detection tries three strategies per page: ruled tables → explicit columns derived from the header row's own x-positions (handles statement PDFs with *no* grid lines, the common case for Western banks) → generic text alignment.

PII redaction (on by default) covers:

Region	Masked
US / international	SSN, EIN/TIN, IBAN, SWIFT/BIC, routing/ABA, account numbers, card numbers (plain and `4111 1111 1111 1111` / dashed), US & international phone, email
China	18/15-digit national ID, mobile phone, bank card, USCC (统一社会信用代码), passport, 2–3 char personal names, organization keywords

Bank identifiers that are ambiguous as bare numbers (routing/account/sort code) are masked only when they follow a label, so reference numbers and amounts stay readable. Amounts, dates and descriptions are never altered.

Scanned / image-only PDFs are explicitly rejected (SCANNED_PDF_UNSUPPORTED) — the free tier covers digital PDFs only (OCR is a paid-tier candidate).

Limits (free tier)

100 pages / rolling 30 days / client (anonymous, keyed by client hash).
50 MB per file.
Above quota the tool returns a structured QUOTA_EXCEEDED response with an in-band upgrade pointer. It never silently bills.
Set PDF_EXTRACT_API_KEY to a paid key to bypass the quota (billing gateway is a P1 item; current free tier has no paid keys issued).

Run (local stdio — Claude Desktop / Cursor / any MCP client)

pip install -e .

pdf-extract-mcp

Client config example:

"mcpServers": { "pdf-extract": { "command": "pdf-extract-mcp", "env": {} } } }

Run (remote streamable-http, for hosted MCP clients)

REMOTE_TRANSPORT=http MCP_HOST=127.0.0.1 MCP_PORT=5060 \

python -m pdf_extract_mcp.server

POST JSON-RPC to http://127.0.0.1:5061/mcp

Tool schema

extract_pdf(

pdf_base64: str | None, # preferred: PDF bytes as base64 pdf_url: str | None, # alternative: direct https .pdf URL output: "csv"|"json"|"xlsx", # default csv redact_pii: bool = true, api_key: str | None, # paid key, optional ) -> { ok, type: "tables"|"text", pages, tables, rows, columns, csv | rows_json | xlsx_base64, # depends on output elapsed_ms }

Telemetry

Every call is appended (best-effort, never blocks extraction) to ~/.cache/pdf-extract-mcp/mcp_usage.jsonl (override with PDF_EXTRACT_STATE_DIR). Clients are recorded as salted hashes; no PDF content and no PII are ever logged.

Note: as a distributed stdio bundle this file lives on the *user's* machine,

so the publisher cannot read it. Real external usage is read from the hosting

registry's owner API instead (GET /servers/{namespace}/{name}/logs on

Smithery returns the invocation count).

Stack

mcp >= 1.2 (works on both mcp 1.x FastMCP and mcp 2.x MCPServer), pdfplumber, openpyxl. pandas is optional — when absent the package falls back to a lightweight list-of-rows table (stdlib CSV/JSON + openpyxl), which keeps the distributable bundle small. Python 3.10+.

License

MIT

PDF Extract MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

Common questions

Alternatives

Agent-Native Calendar

Excel MCP Server

MCP Server for Excel

README from the maker

pdf-extract-mcp

What it does

Limits (free tier)

Run (local stdio — Claude Desktop / Cursor / any MCP client)

Run (remote streamable-http, for hosted MCP clients)

POST JSON-RPC to http://127.0.0.1:5061/mcp

Tool schema

Telemetry

Stack

License