PDF To Text

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs on your computer
• Transport: stdio
• Category: Docs, sheets & office work
• You need to fill in: PDF_TO_TEXT_MCP_ROOT, OPENAI_API_KEY

Install

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

You need

• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-to-text": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@jim-panse/pdf-to-text-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDF_TO_TEXT_MCP_ROOT": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_MODEL": "your-value",
        "AI_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "your-value",
        "MAX_PARALLEL_EXTRACTIONS": "your-value",
        "EXTRACTION_QUEUE_CAPACITY": "your-value",
        "EXTRACTION_QUEUE_WAIT_MS": "your-value",
        "WRITE_TEXT": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add pdf-to-text --env PDF_TO_TEXT_MCP_ROOT=your-value --env OPENAI_API_KEY=your-value --env OPENAI_MODEL=your-value --env AI_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS=your-value --env MAX_PARALLEL_EXTRACTIONS=your-value --env EXTRACTION_QUEUE_CAPACITY=your-value --env EXTRACTION_QUEUE_WAIT_MS=your-value --env WRITE_TEXT=your-value -- npx -y @jim-panse/pdf-to-text-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-to-text": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@jim-panse/pdf-to-text-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDF_TO_TEXT_MCP_ROOT": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_MODEL": "your-value",
        "AI_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "your-value",
        "MAX_PARALLEL_EXTRACTIONS": "your-value",
        "EXTRACTION_QUEUE_CAPACITY": "your-value",
        "EXTRACTION_QUEUE_WAIT_MS": "your-value",
        "WRITE_TEXT": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "pdf-to-text": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@jim-panse/pdf-to-text-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PDF_TO_TEXT_MCP_ROOT": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_MODEL": "your-value",
        "AI_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "your-value",
        "MAX_PARALLEL_EXTRACTIONS": "your-value",
        "EXTRACTION_QUEUE_CAPACITY": "your-value",
        "EXTRACTION_QUEUE_WAIT_MS": "your-value",
        "WRITE_TEXT": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Values you fill in

• PDF_TO_TEXT_MCP_ROOT required env
  Required existing directory that defines the root-relative filesystem namespace for PDF input and derived text output.
• OPENAI_API_KEY secret env
  Optional secret. Enables one AI extraction retry when local extraction is inadequate; omit for local-only operation.
• OPENAI_MODEL env
  Optional OpenAI model used only for AI retry. Defaults to gpt-5.4-mini.
• AI_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS env
  Optional cap for all AI-generated output tokens, including non-visible reasoning tokens. Integer minimum 800; defaults to 32000.
• MAX_PARALLEL_EXTRACTIONS env
  Integer concurrency limit from 1 to 32. Defaults to min(os.availableParallelism(), 4).
• EXTRACTION_QUEUE_CAPACITY env
  Integer maximum waiting requests from 0 to 100; zero disables waiting.
• EXTRACTION_QUEUE_WAIT_MS env
  Maximum queue wait in milliseconds, integer 1 through 2147483647. Does not limit active work.
• WRITE_TEXT env
  Optionally save successful extraction text beside the source PDF.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

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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• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Jim-Panse, which owns the repo

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  Still maintained

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  Has a licence

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  Endpoint responds

  This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint

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  Sign-in with OAuth

  Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead

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  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

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