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 "generated": "2026-10-31",
 "id": "krushnavardhanreddy-paperpilot--give-your-coding-agent-local-pdf-tools-over-mcp",
 "repo": "KrushnaVardhanReddy/PaperPilot",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/KrushnaVardhanReddy/PaperPilot",
 "repo_slug": "krushnavardhanreddy-paperpilot",
 "title": "Give Claude Code or Codex local PDF tools over MCP",
 "page_title": "How to give Claude Code or Codex local PDF tools over MCP with Paper Pilot",
 "summary": "Add the Paper Pilot MCP server so your agent can merge, split, OCR and compress PDFs on your machine.",
 "who": "A developer or analyst who asks an agent to handle PDFs but does not want the files sent to a web service.",
 "problem": "Most agent PDF workflows rely on online converters or ad hoc Python scripts that break on odd files.",
 "outcome": "An agent that can merge, split, OCR and compress PDFs through a local stdio server.",
 "steps": [
  "Download paperpilot-mcp from the GitHub Releases page",
  "Print a ready config for your agent with `paperpilot-mcp --client-config codex` (or claude-code, cursor, claude-desktop)",
  "Merge the printed config into your agent's MCP settings and restart it",
  "Try: Merge these two PDFs and compress the result"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Install KrushnaVardhanReddy/PaperPilot's paperpilot-mcp, add it to <my agent> with the config from --client-config, then merge <a.pdf> and <b.pdf> and compress the result. Keep all files local.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "This card is written from the KrushnaVardhanReddy/PaperPilot README, not from a test run by Deduped. Before you start, make sure you have the paperpilot or paperpilot-mcp binary from GitHub Releases, or Rust 1.75+ to build from source. Check the repo for newer instructions before you rely on these steps.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "rust",
 "requirements": [
  "The paperpilot or paperpilot-mcp binary from GitHub Releases, or Rust 1.75+ to build from source",
  "An MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Claude Desktop for agent use",
  "Node.js and pnpm only for the desktop app"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": true,
 "score": 1.0,
 "evidence": [],
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