io.github.SylphxAI/pdf-reader-mcp
PDF Reader MCP
Is the PDF Reader MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-30.
Evidence-first PDF MCP. Agent Document Twin with citeable page+bbox evidence.
alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-10-30
- Run it
- npx -y @sylphx/pdf-reader-mcp@4.1.2 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
- Host
- npmjs.com
- Reports itself as
- pdf-reader-mcp 4.1.2
- Capabilities
- tools
- Instructions
- 270 characters
- Of a 1M window
- 0.4 % of a 1M context window
- Count
- 3.6k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-30. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 3.7k. The o200k_base estimate is 1.8k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
- Repository
- https://github.com/SylphxAI/pdf-reader-mcp
- Website
- https://sylphxai.github.io/pdf-reader-mcp/
- Registry
- deprecated, updated 2026-09-25 · registry entry
- Changes
- 2 recorded, reachable in 1 of them. A row is added when the result, the tool count or the cost changes.
Most expensive tools
The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.97×.
| Tool | ≈ Claude tokens | o200k estimate | Share of this server |
|---|---|---|---|
| read_pdf | 1 445 | 734 | 40 % |
| pdf_evidence | 1 380 | 701 | 38 % |
| search_pdf | 803 | 408 | 22 % |
Compare this server with others.
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Servers that mention reader.
- Bureau public reader agency.thebureauoflostcontext/bureau-public · alive
- LatticeNet ai.latticenet/latticenet · needs auth
- ai.smithery/kwp-lab-rss-reader-mcp · needs auth
- void.bible bible.void/reader · alive
- Speed Reader com.archerionlabs/speedread · alive
- com.auto-reader/ocr · alive
- MCPFax Feed Reader com.mcpscores/feed-reader · alive
- dev.charliemorrison/agent-web-reader · alive
History
We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.
| Probed | Result | Init | Tools | Claude | o200k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 07:51 | alive | 51 ms | 3 | 3.6k | 1.8k |
| 2026-10-16 06:29 | crashed on start |
Badge for the README
The result of the latest probe, the tool count and the token cost. The feed has an entry for every probe that changed them.
A mail when this server changes
Stops answering, comes back, tool set or cost changes. One confirmation mail first, a stop link in every mail.
For the publisher
- The server answers initialize and tools/list. Nothing to fix.