How do I connect Pdfnative MCP Server to Claude?

Run `claude mcp add pdfnative-mcp -- npx -y pdfnative-mcp` in Claude Code, or add the same command and arguments under mcpServers in Cursor's mcp.json or Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json, then restart the client. The blocks above are ready to paste.

Is Pdfnative MCP Server free?

The listed licence is MIT. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.

What can Pdfnative MCP Server do?

Pdfnative MCP Server documents 13 tools to the agent, including add_barcode, add_form, add_international_text. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.

Pdfnative MCP

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Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for local-first PDF/A generation. Empowers AI agents (Claude, Cursor, Zed) to securely create, sign (PAdES), verify, and transform documents with barcodes and AcroForms.

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01 / Choose your client

02 / Before you connect

Authentication is not specified. Check the project instructions before connecting.

Install the runtime required by the project and make it available to your client.

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03 / Add the configuration

Source: generated from public install instructions

claude mcp add --transport stdio 'pdfnative-mcp' -- 'npx' '-y' 'pdfnative-mcp'

Run in your terminal after replacing any placeholders.

04 / Check it in your client

Open your client’s MCP settings and confirm the server connects and lists its tools. A copied configuration does not confirm a working connection.

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13 of 13 tools

Documented tools (13)

From project documentation. A server handshake does not verify each tool’s description or behavior.

add_barcode

add_form

add_international_text

add_table

annotate_pdf

Overlay markup annotations on an existing PDF via incremental update. This is a visual review layer, not a redaction — the underlying content is untouched.

draft_governance_issue

Draft a governance-compliant GitHub issue locally for a human to review and submit. The server never contacts GitHub (its only possible egress is the operator-configured TSA / OCSP / CRL endpoints — see Network & egress); it returns the draft Markdown plus a machine-readable compliance report.

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generate_basic_pdf

inspect_layout

Read-only pagination dry run — the same blocks as generatebasicpdf plus every input that moves a block (title, footerText, pdfA, normalize, embedFonts, pageSize, margins, headerTemplate, footerTemplate). No PDF is produced; pass exactly what you will give generatebasicpdf and totalPages matches.

inspect_pdf

Read-only structural and security inspection — useful for downstream verification, CI assertions, and AI agents that need to reason about a PDF before acting on it.

prepare_signature_placeholder

sign_pdf

As of v1.0.0, signpdf auto-injects a /Sig placeholder when missing — you can sign any PDF in one call:

validate_pdf

Read-only PDF/UA (ISO 14289-1) structural conformance check for a Tagged PDF. Generate an accessible document with any tool using pdfA (e.g. pdfA: 'pdfa2u'), then validate the result:

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FAQ

Questions about Pdfnative MCP Server

How do I connect Pdfnative MCP Server to Claude?: Run `claude mcp add pdfnative-mcp -- npx -y pdfnative-mcp` in Claude Code, or add the same command and arguments under mcpServers in Cursor's mcp.json or Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json, then restart the client. The blocks above are ready to paste.
Is Pdfnative MCP Server free?: The listed licence is MIT. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.
What can Pdfnative MCP Server do?: Pdfnative MCP Server documents 13 tools to the agent, including add_barcode, add_form, add_international_text. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.