Install PDF To Text for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jim-panse-pdf-to-txt-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@jim-panse/pdf-to-text-mcp@0.7.0"
],
"env": {
"PDF_TO_TEXT_MCP_ROOT": "",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY",
"OPENAI_MODEL": "",
"AI_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "32000",
"MAX_PARALLEL_EXTRACTIONS": "",
"EXTRACTION_QUEUE_CAPACITY": "10",
"EXTRACTION_QUEUE_WAIT_MS": "60000",
"WRITE_TEXT": "false"
}
}
}
}