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  6. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/CHANGELOG.md +27 -0
  7. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/CONTRIBUTING.md +41 -0
  8. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/LICENSE +21 -0
  9. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/PKG-INFO +233 -0
  10. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/PLAN.md +273 -0
  11. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/README.md +202 -0
  12. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/README.zh-CN.md +193 -0
  13. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/RESEARCH.md +120 -0
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  15. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/docs/competitor-matrix.md +126 -0
  16. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/docs/cookbook.md +109 -0
  17. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/docs/m1-record.md +84 -0
  18. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/pyproject.toml +81 -0
  19. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/__init__.py +9 -0
  20. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/cli.py +345 -0
  21. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/__init__.py +40 -0
  22. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/assets.py +125 -0
  23. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/batch.py +87 -0
  24. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/compress.py +95 -0
  25. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/errors.py +47 -0
  26. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/forms.py +138 -0
  27. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/meta.py +129 -0
  28. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/ocr.py +120 -0
  29. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/pages.py +201 -0
  30. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/probe.py +178 -0
  31. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/render.py +61 -0
  32. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/sandbox.py +132 -0
  33. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/secure.py +313 -0
  34. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/engine/text.py +184 -0
  35. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/src/pdf_toolbox/server.py +385 -0
  36. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/conftest.py +204 -0
  37. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_assets.py +37 -0
  38. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_engine.py +144 -0
  39. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_errors.py +106 -0
  40. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_inspect.py +34 -0
  41. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_locate.py +77 -0
  42. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_m3.py +88 -0
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  44. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_pages.py +71 -0
  45. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_probe.py +48 -0
  46. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_sandbox.py +69 -0
  47. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_secure.py +73 -0
  48. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tests/test_server.py +83 -0
  49. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tools/eval_ocr_zh.py +176 -0
  50. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tools/make_fixtures.py +85 -0
  51. pdf_toolbox_mcp-0.1.0/tools/mcp_probe.py +190 -0
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+ ---
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+ name: Bug report
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+ about: Something didn't work as expected
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+ title: "[bug] "
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+ labels: bug
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+ body:
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+ - type: textarea
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+ id: what-happened
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+ attributes:
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+ label: What happened?
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+ description: Also include what you expected instead.
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+ validations:
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+ required: true
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+ - type: textarea
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+ id: probe
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+ attributes:
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+ label: Dependency probe output
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+ description: Output of `uv run pdftoolbox probe all` (or the `dependency_status` tool result)
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+ validations:
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+ required: true
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+ - type: textarea
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+ id: error
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+ attributes:
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+ label: Structured error JSON
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+ description: The `{"ok": false, "error": ...}` payload if any
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+ - type: dropdown
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+ id: os
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+ attributes:
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+ label: OS
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+ options: [macOS, Linux, Windows]
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+ validations:
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+ required: true
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+ - type: textarea
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+ id: client
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+ attributes:
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+ label: MCP client / version
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+ description: e.g. Claude Desktop 1.x, Claude Code 2.x, Cursor …
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+ ---
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+ name: Feature request
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+ about: Suggest a new capability or improvement
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+ title: "[feat] "
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+ labels: enhancement
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+ body:
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+ - type: textarea
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+ id: problem
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+ attributes:
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+ label: What do you want to do that isn't possible today?
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+ validations:
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+ required: true
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+ - type: textarea
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+ id: proposal
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+ attributes:
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+ label: How would you expect to ask the agent to do it?
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+ description: The natural-language phrasing matters — tools are designed around agent workflows.
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+ - type: dropdown
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+ id: fits
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+ attributes:
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+ label: Which area?
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+ options:
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+ - OCR / text extraction
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+ - Page surgery (split/merge/rotate)
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+ - Security (encrypt/redact/sanitize)
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+ - Inspection (fonts/images/repair)
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+ - Batch / performance
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+ - Distribution / docs
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+ name: CI
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+
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+ on:
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+ push:
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+ branches: [main]
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+ pull_request:
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+
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+ jobs:
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+ test:
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+ strategy:
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+ fail-fast: false
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+ matrix:
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+ include:
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+ - os: ubuntu-latest
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+ install: sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y -qq poppler-utils qpdf ghostscript tesseract-ocr
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+ - os: macos-latest
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+ install: brew install poppler qpdf ghostscript tesseract
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+ # Windows: choco 预装在 runner 上。tesseract 包较大(~5min),
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+ # 换来全量 engine 测试在 Windows 真实运行——验证 gswin64c 别名等平台适配。
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+ - os: windows-latest
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+ install: choco install -y poppler qpdf ghostscript tesseract
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+ runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
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+ steps:
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+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
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+ - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
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+ with:
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+ python-version: "3.12"
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+ - name: Install system dependencies
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+ run: ${{ matrix.install }}
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+ - name: Lint (ruff)
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+ run: uv run ruff check src tests tools
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+ - name: Sync Python dependencies
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+ run: uv sync --dev
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+ - name: Run tests
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+ run: uv run pytest -v
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+ - name: Probe report
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+ run: uv run pdftoolbox probe all
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+ name: Release
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+ on:
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+ push:
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+ tags: ["v*"]
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+
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+ jobs:
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+ publish:
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+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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+ permissions:
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+ id-token: write # PyPI trusted publishing(OIDC,无需 API token)
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+ steps:
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+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
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+ - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
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+ with:
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+ python-version: "3.12"
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+ - name: Build
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+ run: uv build
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+ - name: Publish (trusted publishing)
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+ run: uv publish
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+ # Python
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+ __pycache__/
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+ *.py[cod]
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+ *.egg-info/
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+ dist/
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+ build/
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+ .venv/
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+ venv/
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+ .uv/
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+
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+ # 测试与工具
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+ .pytest_cache/
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+ .ruff_cache/
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+ .mypy_cache/
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+ .coverage
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+ htmlcov/
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+
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+ # 编辑器与系统
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+ .idea/
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+ .vscode/
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+ .DS_Store
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+
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+ # 项目运行产物(默认沙箱目录)
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+ PDF-Toolbox/
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+ .fixtures/
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+ .tessdata/
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+
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+ # 本地私有材料(发版清单、教程草稿)与本机工具配置
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+ notes/
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+ opencode.json
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+ # Changelog
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+ All notable changes to this project are documented here.
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+ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/); versioning is [SemVer](https://semver.org/).
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+
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+ ## [Unreleased] — 0.1.0
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+ First functional build. Local-first PDF processing MCP server (OCRmyPDF + Poppler + qpdf + ghostscript), 24 tools, 105 tests green on macOS / Linux / Windows CI.
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+ ### Added
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+ - **Content redaction**: `locate_text` (text → page + bounding boxes via `pdftotext -bbox`, CJK-safe normalized matching) and `redact_text` (redact by keyword — auto-locates every occurrence, no manual coordinates)
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+ - **P1a core**: `pdf_info`, `is_searchable` (smart routing), `extract_text` (exact page ranges), `ocr_pdf` (**OCR write-back** to searchable PDF, language fallback), `render_pages` (PNG, optional inline image blocks), `unlock_pdf` (user-password decrypt — competitors hard-fail here)
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+ - **P1b page surgery** (L0-pure qpdf): `split_pdf`, `merge_pdfs`, `rotate_pages`, `protect_pdf` (AES-256 + granular permissions)
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+ - **P2 inspection & batch**: `list_fonts`, `extract_images`, `extract_attachments`, `check_repair` (+ rebuild repair), `linearize`, `batch_ocr` (per-file results / retries / timeouts)
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+ - **P3 advanced**: `sanitize` (strip JS/metadata/attachments), `redact` (**true redaction** — affected pages rasterized, redacted text physically unrecoverable, other pages keep their text layer; `rasterize_all=true` for whole-doc protection), `fill_form`, `edit_metadata` (docinfo+XMP), `compress_pdf` (quality ladder to target size)
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+ - Capability-leveled dependencies (L0–L3) with structured `missing_dependency` errors carrying per-platform install commands; `_deps` summary injected into every successful response
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+ - CLI: `pdftoolbox` with all operations + `probe all`
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+ - Windows: `gswin64c` binary alias, UTF-8 console output; CI runs the full suite on windows-latest via choco
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+ - Research & plan docs (`RESEARCH.md`, `PLAN.md`, `docs/competitor-matrix.md` incl. hands-on survey of Citra / ODA / jztan / go-docs-mcp)
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+
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+ ### Verified
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+ - OCR write-back roundtrip (scan → searchable, marker asserted) on macOS + Linux + Windows
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+ - Redaction security: output text layer empty + black-box pixel assertion
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+ - Chinese OCR benchmark (synthetic): 99.03% clean / 93.69% deskewed / 81.07% heavy-noise
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+ - 50-file batch: 50/50 success, ~1.6 s/file
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+ [Unreleased]: https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp/commits/main
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+ # Contributing
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+ Thanks for your interest in improving pdf-toolbox-mcp!
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+ ## Development setup
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp
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+ cd pdf-toolbox-mcp
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+ uv sync --dev
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+ uv run pdftoolbox probe all # 检查系统依赖级别(见 README 安装矩阵)
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+ ```
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+ System tools are capability-leveled — you can develop and run most tests with just one of them installed; engine tests auto-skip when a binary is missing.
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+ ## Before submitting
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+ ```bash
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+ uv run ruff check src tests tools # lint 必须全绿
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+ uv run pytest # 全量测试(按本机依赖自动跳过)
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+ ```
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+ Both must pass. CI runs the full matrix (ubuntu / macos / windows) on every PR.
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+ ## Adding a tool
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+ 1. Implement the engine function in `src/pdf_toolbox/engine/` — pure function, `dict` in / `dict` out, no MCP imports; call `require()` for binaries and `assert_readable()`/`check_write()` for path safety.
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+ 2. Wrap it in `server.py` via `_guard()` (structured errors + `_deps` injection) and add a `cli.py` command.
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+ 3. Tests in `tests/` with the right capability marker (`requires_poppler` / `requires_qpdf` / `requires_tesseract` / `requires_gs`).
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+ 4. Update both READMEs' tool table and `CHANGELOG.md`.
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+ ## Conventions
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+ - Errors raise typed exceptions from `engine/errors.py`; the MCP layer converts them to `{"ok": false, "error": <code>, ...}`.
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+ - Outputs never overwrite silently — `overwrite=true` must be explicit.
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+ - All subprocess calls use argument lists (no shell interpolation).
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+ - Docs and user-facing messages are bilingual (English README + `README.zh-CN.md`); code comments in Chinese are fine.
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+ ## Reporting issues
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+ Please include `uv run pdftoolbox probe all` output and the structured error JSON you got.
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+ MIT License
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+ Copyright (c) 2026 zhangkun
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+ Metadata-Version: 2.5
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+ Name: pdf-toolbox-mcp
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+ Version: 0.1.0
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+ Summary: Local-first PDF processing MCP server — OCR write-back, text extraction, page rendering, page surgery, encryption (OCRmyPDF + Poppler + qpdf)
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp
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+ Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp
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+ Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp/issues
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+ Project-URL: Changelog, https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp/commits/main/
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+ Author: zhangkun
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+ License-Expression: MIT
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+ License-File: LICENSE
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+ Keywords: local-first,mcp,model-context-protocol,ocr,ocrmypdf,pdf,poppler,qpdf
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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+ Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Text Processing
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.12
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+ Requires-Dist: fastmcp>=2.0
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+ Requires-Dist: ocrmypdf>=16.0
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+ Requires-Dist: pikepdf>=9.0
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+ Requires-Dist: pillow>=11.0
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+ Requires-Dist: typer>=0.12
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+ # pdf-toolbox-mcp
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+ [中文文档](README.zh-CN.md) | Local-first PDF processing for AI agents.
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+ **Others help AI *read* PDFs. This one helps AI *process* them** — OCR a scan into a truly searchable file, unlock encrypted PDFs, split/merge/rotate, re-encrypt for sharing. 100% on your machine: no cloud calls, no file uploads, no per-page fees.
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+ ## Why another PDF MCP?
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+ The PDF MCP space is crowded — but only on the *reading* side. Based on a [hands-on survey of the ecosystem](docs/competitor-matrix.md) (2026-09):
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+ | Capability | **pdf-toolbox** | Citra (916★) | ODA PDF-Tools (153★) | jztan/pdf-mcp (130★) | Cloud SaaS MCPs |
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+ |---|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
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+ | **OCR write-back** → searchable PDF file | ✅ | ❌ read-out only | ❌ (no OCR) | ❌ read-out only | ☁️ paid |
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+ | **Unlock encrypted** (user password) | ✅ | ❌ hard fail | ⚠️ owner-pw only | ❌ hard fail | ☁️ paid |
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+ | Split / merge / rotate | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ☁️ paid |
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+ | **Compress** to target size | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ☁️ paid |
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+ | Render pages for vision | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ☁️ |
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+ | 100% local & private | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
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+ Pain points this addresses directly:
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+ - Claude natively **refuses encrypted PDFs**; ChatGPT reports *"No text could be extracted"* on scans — here, OCR writes a real text layer back into the file, and `unlock_pdf` decrypts with just the user password.
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+ - Claude Code burns **~30× more tokens** reading a PDF page-as-image than extracting text locally.
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+ ## Quick start
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+ Add to any MCP client (Claude Desktop / Claude Code / Cursor / …):
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+ ```json
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+ "mcpServers": {
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+ "pdf-toolbox": {
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+ "command": "uvx",
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+ "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp", "pdf-toolbox-mcp"]
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+ }
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ *(PyPI package `pdf-toolbox-mcp` is coming; the git install above works today.)*
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+ Python dependencies resolve automatically. System tools are **capability-leveled** — missing ones never crash the server; the tool returns a structured error with the exact install command:
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+ | Level | Binary | Unlocks | macOS | Debian/Ubuntu | Windows |
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+ | L0 | qpdf | split / merge / rotate / protect / unlock | `brew install qpdf` | `apt install qpdf` | `choco/scoop install qpdf` |
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+ | L1 | poppler | extract_text / render / info | `brew install poppler` | `apt install poppler-utils` | `choco/scoop install poppler` or conda-forge |
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+ | L2 | tesseract | **ocr_pdf (write-back)** | `brew install tesseract tesseract-lang` | `apt install tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-chi-sim` | `choco/scoop install tesseract` |
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+ | L3 | ghostscript | compress | `brew install ghostscript` | `apt install ghostscript` | `scoop install ghostscript` / `winget install ArtifexSoftware.GhostScript` |
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+ > Windows note: Ghostscript's binary is `gswin64c.exe` there — the probe detects it automatically, so `compress_pdf` works out of the box. Tesseract language packs (e.g. `chi_sim`) must be downloaded to its `tessdata` folder separately.
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+ Every successful response carries a `_deps` summary (`{"level": 2, "missing": ["gs"]}`) so the agent always knows what's available.
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+ ## Tools (24)
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+ | Tool | What it does | Engine |
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+ | `pdf_info` | Pages, encryption status, metadata — always call first | pdfinfo |
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+ | `is_searchable` | Smart routing: text density check → recommends `extract_text` or `ocr_pdf` | pdftotext |
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+ | `extract_text` | Layout-aware text, exact page ranges `1-3,5`, per-page mode | pdftotext |
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+ | `ocr_pdf` | **OCR write-back**: scan → searchable PDF (deskew, skip/redo, lang fallback) | OCRmyPDF |
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+ | `batch_ocr` | Whole-directory OCR with per-file results, retries, timeouts | OCRmyPDF |
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+ | `render_pages` | PNG per page, `return_images=true` streams image blocks to the vision model | pdftoppm |
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+ | `extract_images` | Pull embedded images (inventory or PNG files) | pdfimages |
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+ | `extract_attachments` | Pull embedded attachment files | pdfdetach |
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+ | `list_fonts` | Font audit — non-embedded fonts risk missing glyphs on other machines | pdffonts |
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+ | `unlock_pdf` | Decrypt with **user password**, output a clean decrypted file | qpdf |
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+ | `protect_pdf` | AES-256 + granular permissions (print/extract/modify/…) | qpdf |
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+ | `split_pdf` | By ranges or every N pages | qpdf |
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+ | `merge_pdfs` | Ordered merge | qpdf |
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+ | `rotate_pages` | 90/180/270 on selected pages | qpdf |
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+ | `check_repair` | Structural check; `repair=true` rebuilds damaged files | qpdf |
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+ | `linearize` | Web-optimized progressive-loading output | qpdf |
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+ | `sanitize` | Publishing hygiene: strip JS/OpenAction/metadata/attachments | pikepdf |
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+ | `redact` | **True redaction**: affected pages rasterized + opaque boxes — redacted text physically unrecoverable, other pages keep their text layer (`rasterize_all=true` for max protection) | pdftoppm + PIL |
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+ | `redact_text` | Redact **by content**: locate every occurrence of the given keywords and black them out — no manual coordinates needed | pdftotext -bbox |
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+ | `locate_text` | Find where text occurs: page + bounding boxes (PDF points, top-left origin) — the foundation for redaction & highlighting | pdftotext -bbox |
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+ | `fill_form` | Fill AcroForm fields (missing fields reported) | pikepdf |
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+ | `edit_metadata` | Set/clear Title/Author/… (docinfo + XMP) | pikepdf |
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+ | `compress_pdf` | Compress, optionally down a quality ladder until hitting `target_mb` | ghostscript |
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+ | `dependency_status` | Probe system tools + install commands | — |
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+ **Error contract** (agents self-route): failures return `{"ok": false, "error": "<code>"}` — `missing_dependency` (with `install` per platform), `encrypted_pdf` (hint: call `unlock_pdf` first), `wrong_password`, `output_exists` (explicit overwrite required), `invalid_page_range`, …
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+ ## Examples
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+ In an MCP client, just describe the outcome — the agent chains the tools itself, and the error contract makes it self-routing (an `encrypted_pdf` error tells it to call `unlock_pdf` first, and so on). For headless use, define once:
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+ ```bash
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+ PTX="uvx --from git+https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp pdftoolbox"
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+ # shortens to "uvx --from pdf-toolbox-mcp pdftoolbox" once the PyPI package lands
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+ ```
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+ **1 · Scan → searchable PDF** (the flagship)
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+ > “`contract-scan.pdf` is a scanned contract I can't search. Make it searchable — mostly Chinese with some English.”
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+ Agent: `pdf_info` → `is_searchable` reports low text density → `ocr_pdf(path, lang="chi_sim+eng")` writes `contract-scan_ocr.pdf`. Text extraction and Ctrl+F now work on the output.
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+ ```bash
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+ $PTX ocr contract-scan.pdf --lang chi_sim+eng
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+ $PTX text contract-scan_ocr.pdf --pages 1-3
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+ ```
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+ **2 · Encrypted PDF → readable**
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+ > “`locked.pdf` is password-protected; the password is `hunter2`. Unlock it and summarize page 3.”
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+ Agent: `unlock_pdf(path, password="hunter2")` → `locked_unlocked.pdf` → `extract_text(pages="3")`.
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+ ```bash
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+ ```
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+ **3 · Redact secrets before sharing**
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+ > “Black out every occurrence of `张三` and `HT-2026-088` in `draft.pdf` — it must be physically unrecoverable.”
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+ Agent: `redact_text(queries=["张三", "HT-2026-088"])` → `draft_redacted.pdf`. Pages containing hits are rasterized, so the strings vanish from the pixels *and* the text layer; other pages keep their selectable text. Verify by running `extract_text` on the output: zero hits expected.
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+ ```
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+ **4 · Assemble & encrypt for sending**
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+ > “Merge `cover.pdf` + `report.pdf` into `annual.pdf`, then protect it: opens with password `k3y`, printing allowed, modification not.”
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+ Agent: `merge_pdfs(paths=["cover.pdf", "report.pdf"], output="annual.pdf")` → `protect_pdf(user_password="k3y")` (print/extract allowed, modify denied by default) → `annual_locked.pdf`.
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+ **5 · Fit an email size limit**
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+ > “`big.pdf` is 38 MB and the mail cap is 10 MB. Shrink it.”
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+ Agent: `compress_pdf(path, target_mb=10)` walks the quality ladder (ebook → screen) until under target → `big_compressed.pdf`.
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+ More recipes — batch OCR, the publish-hygiene chain (`sanitize` → `edit_metadata` → `linearize`), vision rendering, locate-and-redact, form filling, damaged-file rescue — in the [cookbook](docs/cookbook.md).
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+ ## Configuration
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+ | `PDF_TOOLBOX_TESS_LANG` | `chi_sim+eng` | Default OCR languages; missing packs auto-fallback (flagged via `lang_fallback`) |
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+ | `PDF_TOOLBOX_WORKSPACE` | unset | If set, all writes are confined to this directory; system dirs are always denied |
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+ ## CLI
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+ Everything is also available headless (great for scripts and CI):
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+ uvx --from git+https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp pdftoolbox ocr scan.pdf --lang chi_sim+eng
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+ uvx --from git+https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp pdftoolbox unlock locked.pdf --password 'xxx'
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+ uvx --from git+https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp pdftoolbox split big.pdf --every-n 10
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+ uvx --from git+https://github.com/twoer/pdf-toolbox-mcp pdftoolbox probe all
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+ *(Shortens to `uvx --from pdf-toolbox-mcp …` once the PyPI package is published — see the note in Quick start.)*
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+ ## Security & privacy
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+ - No network calls. Files never leave the machine.
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+ - All subprocess calls use argument lists (no shell interpolation); page-range parsing is shared and validated.
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+ - Outputs never silently overwrite: `overwrite=true` must be passed explicitly.
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+ - Passwords are never logged in error payloads.
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+ - Untrusted PDF content is flagged in tool descriptions (prompt-injection awareness).
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+ ## License compliance
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+ MIT. System tools are invoked as independent processes (aggregation): poppler (GPL-2.0), qpdf (Apache-2.0), tesseract (Apache-2.0), ghostscript (AGPL, optional); Python deps ocrmypdf/pikepdf are MPL-2.0. See [PLAN.md](PLAN.md) §7 for the full table.
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+ ## Development
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+ Roadmap: v0.1.0 ships all 24 tools above. Next up: the PyPI package (drops the git prefix from every command) and hardening against real-world scanned documents. Explicit non-goals: editing existing text, password cracking — see [PLAN.md](PLAN.md).
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+ ## License
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+ MIT