pdfnative MCP — PDF generation, PAdES signing & introspection

Overview

pdfnative MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that brings comprehensive PDF capabilities to AI assistants. It offers 28 tools for generating PDF/A documents, creating and verifying PAdES digital signatures with long-term validation, working with AcroForms, merging and splitting PDFs, and encrypting documents. Through MCP, your AI assistant can call these tools directly without switching between applications.

The server runs locally on your machine via the npm package pdfnative-mcp, communicating over stdio. It requires an API key for authentication. The latest release is v1.6.0, published under the MIT license with source code available at Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp on GitHub.

pdfnative MCP is listed in the File System category on mcp.site and works with any MCP client including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Zed. If you maintain this server, claim this listing to verify ownership and keep information up to date.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfnative_mcp_pdf_generation_pades_signing_introspection": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pdfnative-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}