Guides

Connect pdfmcp to your AI client in about a minute — every guide uses the same free key and the same endpoint.

Claude Desktop MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to Claude Desktop as a remote MCP connector.Claude Code MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to Claude Code with one command, or via .mcp.json.ChatGPT MCP setupConnect pdfmcp to ChatGPT as a developer-mode MCP connector.Cursor MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to Cursor via mcp.json.VS Code MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to VS Code / GitHub Copilot agent mode via mcp.json.Windsurf MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to Windsurf Cascade via mcp_config.json.Codex MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to OpenAI Codex via config.toml.Gemini CLI MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to Gemini CLI via settings.json.Zed MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to Zed's agent panel as a context server.Cline MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to Cline (VS Code extension) via cline_mcp_settings.json.Continue MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to Continue as an MCP block (YAML config).JetBrains IDEs MCP setupAdd pdfmcp to JetBrains AI Assistant via its MCP settings.Any MCP client MCP setupThe generic recipe: one URL, one header, every MCP client that speaks Streamable HTTP.REST API quickstartSubmit a job, poll for it, download the result — the whole REST API in three calls.

New to MCP? Start with the MCP server page. Prefer code over agents? The REST quickstart covers the whole API in three curl calls. And if you just need a document done, the web tools need no setup at all.