local-pdf-reader

read local pdf files

Installation Instructions

README: https://github.com/sirix-v/pdf-mcp-server

MCP Server -- Read Papers in the local Specified Directory

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Compile

go build -o pdf-mcp-server main.go

Installation

Add the path where the pdf-mcp-server binary is located to your environment variable.

Take macOS as an example:

export PATH=$PATH:/your/path/pdf-mcp-server
source ~/.zshrc

Start the MCP Server

pdf-mcp-server -pdfdir=your_paper_directory
For example: pdf-mcp-server -pdfdir=/Users/sirix/lunwen

Cursor Settings

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-mcp-server": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/sse"
    }
  }
}

Set Cursor Rules

Example:

When handling PDF-related requests, call the find_pdf tool of the mcp server named "pdf-mcp-server" to list all papers in the /Users/sirix/lunwen directory, search for the paper with the corresponding file name in this directory, and use the read_pdf tool of the pdf-mcp-server to read it.