# ExactPDF (npm · @exactpdf/mcp)

Agent-facing PDF API: merge, split, rotate, compress, images, metadata, text, and Markdown.

- Trust score: 63/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +23
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `@exactpdf/mcp`: 63/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exactpdf-mcp/exactpdf-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exactpdf-mcp/exactpdf-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@exactpdf/mcp`
- Version: `0.2.3`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: no source repository is declared.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 28 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 597 tokens (~66/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add com-exactpdf-mcp -- npx -y @exactpdf/mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add com-exactpdf-mcp -- npx -y @exactpdf/mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-exactpdf-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@exactpdf/mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-exactpdf-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @exactpdf/mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-exactpdf-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@exactpdf/mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-exactpdf-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@exactpdf/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-02 (score 63, +34)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-31 (score 29, +7)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 22, −50)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: partial → unverified
- [security regression] Provenance: fail → unverified
- [security regression] Install scripts: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Maintenance: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] License: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-28 (score 72, +32)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-27 (score 40)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `exactpdf_account` (~25 tokens)

Return ExactPDF API credit balance and key metadata. Does not consume a credit.

### `exactpdf_merge_pdfs` (~48 tokens)

Merge two or more local PDF files via ExactPDF API (1 credit). Provide absolute file paths in order.

Input parameters:

- `paths` (array, required): Absolute paths to PDF files on this machine

### `exactpdf_split_pdf` (~138 tokens)

Split one PDF via ExactPDF API (1 credit). Default: one PDF per page (ZIP). Optional at_pages (e.g. "3,7" splits after pages 3 and 7) or ranges JSON string like [[1,3],[4,10]].

Input parameters:

- `at_pages` (string): Comma-separated split points after 1-based page numbers, e.g. "3,7"
- `path` (string, required): Absolute path to a PDF file
- `ranges_json` (string): JSON array of inclusive [start,end] page ranges, e.g. "[[1,3],[4,7]]"

### `exactpdf_rotate_pdf` (~70 tokens)

Rotate every page of a PDF via ExactPDF API (1 credit). angle: 90, 180, 270, -90, -180, or -270.

Input parameters:

- `angle` (number, required): Clockwise rotation in degrees
- `path` (string, required): Absolute path to a PDF file

### `exactpdf_compress_pdf` (~50 tokens)

Compress / repack a PDF via ExactPDF API (1 credit). Uses object-stream save; may not shrink image-heavy PDFs.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required): Absolute path to a PDF file

### `exactpdf_images_to_pdf` (~47 tokens)

Combine local PNG/JPEG images into one PDF via ExactPDF API (1 credit). Order matches paths array.

Input parameters:

- `paths` (array, required): Absolute paths to PNG or JPEG files

### `exactpdf_pdf_info` (~50 tokens)

Read page count and PDF metadata (title, author, …). POST /api/v1/pdf-info — does not consume a credit.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required): Absolute path to a PDF file

### `exactpdf_extract_text` (~45 tokens)

Extract plain text from a PDF via ExactPDF API (1 credit). Returns JSON with text and page_count.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required): Absolute path to a PDF file

### `exactpdf_pdf_structured_markdown` (~72 tokens)

Convert PDF→structured Markdown JSON via ExactPDF API (1 credit). mode developer|academic|rag mirrors the web tool presets.

Input parameters:

- `mode` (string): Structured export profile — academic keeps page separators, rag joins short lines.
- `path` (string, required): Absolute path to a PDF file

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exactpdf-mcp/exactpdf-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 63
- 2026-08-02: 63
- 2026-08-01: 29
- 2026-07-31: 29
- 2026-07-30: 22
- 2026-07-29: 72
- 2026-07-28: 72
- 2026-07-27: 40

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@exactpdf/mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@exactpdf/mcp
- Website: https://exactpdf.com/docs/api
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exactpdf-mcp/exactpdf-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exactpdf-mcp/exactpdf-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-exactpdf-mcp/exactpdf-mcp