# PDF Figures MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to extract figures and tables from PDF documents, particularly scholarly articles, to retrieve structured data for further analysis or processing. It solves the problem of manual data extraction from PDFs, providing a programmable interface via FastAPI to access figure and table data. The tool takes PDF documents as input and outputs structured figure and table data, making it ideal for AI agents requiring automated data extraction from PDFs.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/vlln-pdffigures-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/vlln-pdffigures-mcp-server

## Description

Extracts figures and tables from PDF documents via a FastAPI service, wrapping PDFFigures 2.0. Enables AI agents to programmatically retrieve structured figure and table data from scholarly PDFs.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.67
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-03

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-09-03

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/sh34hsidnl)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/vlln/pdffigures-mcp-server>

## 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": "vlln-pdffigures-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/vlln-pdffigures-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/vlln-pdffigures-mcp-server/pull`

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