# PDF.co

> Use this tool when you need to automate document processing tasks, such as converting, manipulating, and extracting data from PDFs, and require a comprehensive API with 30+ tools for tasks like PDF conversion, form handling, and AI-powered extraction. It solves problems related to document automation workflows, data extraction pipelines, and AI applications requiring robust PDF processing capabilities. The tool accepts various input formats, including JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, and images, and outputs processed PDFs, extracted data, and other formatted files.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pdfco  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pdfco

## Description

PDF.co MCP server implementation that provides AI assistants with comprehensive access to PDF.co's cloud-based document processing API through 30+ tools covering PDF conversion, manipulation, form handling, security, and AI-powered extraction. Built by PDF.co using Python with FastMCP and async HTTP clients, the implementation supports bidirectional PDF conversions (to/from JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, images), document operations like merging and splitting, form field reading and filling, password protection, OCR-based searchable PDF creation, and AI invoice parsing. The server includes job management tools for handling asynchronous operations, file upload capabilities for local document processing, and supports all major PDF.co API endpoints with comprehensive parameter coverage including authentication, page selection, coordinate-based extraction, and output formatting options, making it valuable for document automation workflows, data extraction pipelines, and AI applications requiring robust PDF processing capabilities.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** devops-ci
- **Updated:** 2026-04-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/pdfco)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pdfdotco/pdfco-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": "pdfco"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pdfco` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pdfco/pull`

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