# Obsidian PDF Evidence

> Use this tool when you need to extract and manage evidence from PDFs within your Obsidian vault, and integrate it with your notes and research. It solves problems of PDF text extraction, citation management, and content search, providing a comprehensive interface for vault operations and evidence linking. The tool accepts PDF files and search queries as inputs, and outputs extracted text, citations, and evidence links, making it ideal for researchers and note-takers seeking to organize and connect their knowledge base.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/hi-jin-obsidian-pdf-evidence  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hi-jin-obsidian-pdf-evidence

## Description

An Obsidian plugin that exposes PDF evidence and vault context through an MCP bridge. Enables extraction of text from PDFs, searching for specific snippets, and generating PDF++ citations with precise page and selection coordinates using fuzzy matching algorithms. Provides comprehensive vault operations including markdown file management, Dataview queries, and content search. Includes a sidebar panel for displaying answers with evidence links and supports both direct HTTP API access and MCP client integration through a bundled bridge server.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.93
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/hi-jin-obsidian-pdf-evidence)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hi-jin/obsidian-pdf-evidence>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "hi-jin-obsidian-pdf-evidence"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hi-jin-obsidian-pdf-evidence` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hi-jin-obsidian-pdf-evidence/pull`

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