I Built a 16-Tool PDF MCP Server in 2 Days With Claude Code
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PDFs are everywhere in business workflows — invoices, reports, contracts, forms. But if you've ever tried to manipulate PDFs programmatically, you know it's a mess. Libraries are either Java-based behemoths, require native binaries, or silently corrupt your files. I wanted to build something for the MCP ecosystem that actually works. A server where an AI assistant can say "merge these three invoices, add page numbers, and encrypt the result" — and it just happens. So I built pdf-toolkit-mcp: 1