# ocrmypdf-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned PDFs, converting them into searchable and editable documents. It solves the problem of incompatible or missing dependencies, such as Tesseract and Ghostscript, on Windows systems. The tool takes scanned PDFs as input and outputs searchable PDFs with recognized text.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/jcm4tx-ocrmypdf-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jcm4tx-ocrmypdf-mcp

## Description

Exposes ocrmypdf as a single tool for OCR-ing scanned PDFs, with automatic PATH handling for Tesseract and Ghostscript on Windows to ensure compatibility with Claude Desktop.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/tyoqi6jfjt)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jcm4TX/ocrmypdf-mcp>

## 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": "jcm4tx-ocrmypdf-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jcm4tx-ocrmypdf-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jcm4tx-ocrmypdf-mcp/pull`

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