SylphxAI/pdf-reader-mcp

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📄 The PDF intelligence layer for AI agents — Agent Document Twin, evidence-first extraction, visual crops, OCR provenance, trust reports, and benchmark-gated releases. MCP server for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and any MCP client.

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# 📄 PDF Reader MCP

### Your agent read the PDF. **Did it read the truth?**

The most-starred PDF MCP server on GitHub. One call turns any PDF into an
**Agent Document Twin** — structured text, tables, trust signals, and source
evidence you can search, crop, and cite.

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**Local-first** · **One smart `read_pdf` call** · **Evidence with page + bbox** · **397 tests** · **39/39 release-gate checks**

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