juergenkoller-software/pdf-content-search-mcp

Overview

An open-source MCP server that enables full-text search and OCR-based search across thousands of PDF documents. It integrates with Claude and Cursor to provide a bridge for querying PDF content programmatically.

Best for

Best for
Developers needing to add PDF search capabilities to AI-driven applications

Use cases

• Searching large PDF libraries for specific text or phrases
• Extracting searchable content from scanned documents via OCR
• Integrating PDF search capabilities into AI assistant workflows

How to use

Tools exposed

• PDF_CS_TOKEN
• PDF_CS_PORT
• PDF_CS_HOST

Clients listed in this record (not verified here)

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor

Example client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-content-search": {
      "command": "/path/to/pdf-content-search-mcp",
      "env": {
        "PDF_CS_TOKEN": "your-token-here",
        "PDF_CS_PORT": "44477"
      }
    }
  }
}

Notes