fcp-pdf

MCP server for semantic PDF operations.

What It Does

fcp-pdf lets LLMs read, edit, and generate PDF files by describing document intent -- pages, text, annotations, bookmarks, watermarks, redactions -- instead of driving a low-level PDF library call by call. It exposes 13 verbs (page, text, insert-text, annotate, bookmark, merge, split, meta, watermark, image, redact, link, plus compose) and renders them into standard .pdf files. Built on the FCP framework, powered by PyMuPDF (fitz) for serialization.

The compose verb is a small document-generation sub-DSL: it accumulates structured content (headings, paragraphs, tables, lists, callouts, cover pages, columns) into a buffer, then compose render paginates it with text reflow, page breaks, headers/footers, and auto-generated bookmarks, using one of five built-in themes (corporate, modern, minimal, executive, ocean).

Quick Example

pdf_session('new "Invoice"')

pdf([
    'page add',
    'insert-text "INVOICE" x:72 y:72 size:24 font:helv-bold',
    'insert-text "Date: 2026-01-15" x:72 y:110 size:12',
    'annotate rect on:1 x:60 y:60 w:475 h:70 color:#1a1a2e',
    'bookmark add "Invoice" page:1',
])

pdf_session('save as:./invoice.pdf')

Or generate a themed multi-page report with compose:

pdf_session('new "Q4 Report"')

pdf([
    'compose config paper:letter theme:modern footer:"Page {page} of {pages}"',
    'compose heading "Q4 Revenue Report" level:1',
    'compose paragraph "Revenue grew 38% YoY driven by **enterprise expansion**."',
    'compose table "Metric" "Q3" "Q4" "Delta"',
    'compose row "Revenue" "$1.3M" "$1.8M" "+38%"',
    'compose list "Enterprise ARR crossed $1M" "Launched APAC region"',
    'compose render',
])

pdf_session('save as:./q4_report.pdf')

Available MCP Tools

Tool	Purpose
pdf(ops)	Batch mutations -- pages, text, annotations, bookmarks, merges, watermarks, images, redaction, links, compose
pdf_query(q)	Inspect the document -- structure (plan/status), page detail (describe), full-text search (find), toc, fonts, annots
pdf_session(action)	Lifecycle -- new, open, save, checkpoint, undo, redo
pdf_help()	Full reference card

Installation

Requires Python >= 3.11.

pip install fcp-pdf

MCP Client Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "python", "-m", "fcp_pdf"]
    }
  }
}

Architecture

3-layer architecture:

MCP Server (Intent Layer)
  Parses op strings, dispatches to verb handlers
        |
Semantic Model
  PdfModel wraps a fitz.Document, byte-snapshot undo/redo
        |
Serialization (PyMuPDF / fitz)
  Semantic model -> .pdf binary output

Key features:

• Pages -- add, remove, move, rotate, copy, activate
• Text -- extraction (plain/blocks/dict) and free-form insertion
• Annotations -- highlight, underline, strikeout, sticky notes, shapes
• Bookmarks -- table of contents management
• Merge / split -- combine or extract page ranges across documents
• Metadata -- title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer
• Watermarks -- rotated, opacity-controlled text overlays
• Images -- insert, extract, list
• Redaction -- permanently remove text from pages
• Links -- hyperlinks and internal page links
• Compose -- themed document layout engine with automatic pagination and bookmarks
• Undo/redo -- full document snapshots with event sourcing

Development

uv sync --dev        # install deps
uv run pytest        # run tests
uv run fcp-pdf        # start MCP server

License

MIT