# veraPDF by pagespool (remote · api.pagespool.com)

Hosted veraPDF: check a PDF against PDF/A or PDF/UA and get the full validation report.

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `api.pagespool.com`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-verapdf/mcp-verapdf.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-verapdf/mcp-verapdf)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, 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 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 673 tokens (~336/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 3/100
  - Stability observed for 1 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.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the veraPDF by pagespool MCP server?

veraPDF by pagespool is a hosted endpoint at https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-pagespool-verapdf 'https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-pagespool-verapdf": {
      "url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-pagespool-verapdf": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-pagespool-verapdf]
url = "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-pagespool-verapdf": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-pagespool-verapdf --url 'https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-pagespool-verapdf:
    url: "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-pagespool-verapdf": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-pagespool-verapdf -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-pagespool-verapdf": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## 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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 72, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-04 (score 72)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `validate_pdfa` (~323 tokens)

Validate a PDF against PDF/A

Check whether a PDF conforms to PDF/A, the ISO archiving standard, with veraPDF.

Input: `pdf_base64` is the PDF as base64, at most 4 MB decoded; or pass the
file as a download link in `file`. `profile` picks the PDF/A part and level.

Returns `compliant` (true or false), `profile_name` (the profile veraPDF
used), `statement`, `passed_rules`, `failed_rules` and `top_failed_rules`:
up to 10 failed rules with their `id` (clause and test number),
\`specification`, `description` and `failed_checks`. A file that is not a PDF
fails with `not_a_pdf`; an unavailable veraPDF with `engine_unavailable`.
For the full report in JSON, XML or HTML, use the REST API
(`POST /v1/verapdf/api/validate/{profile}`).

Credits: 2 per call.

Input parameters:

- `file` (object): The file as a download link, instead of `pdf_base64`. In ChatGPT, pass the user's uploaded file here. Other clients can set `download_url` to a public https URL.
- `pdf_base64`: The PDF, base64-encoded. At most 4 MB decoded.
- `profile` (string): The PDF/A part and level, such as "2b" or "3a". "auto" (the default) checks against the part the file declares, and against PDF/A-1b when it declares none.

### `check_pdf_accessibility` (~350 tokens)

Check a PDF's accessibility against PDF/UA

Check whether a PDF is accessible by PDF/UA, the ISO standard for accessible PDF.

veraPDF checks the machine-checkable rules of PDF/UA: tags, structure, alt
text present, fonts, metadata. Whether alt text or reading order make sense
still needs a person.

Input: `pdf_base64` is the PDF as base64, at most 4 MB decoded; or pass the
file as a download link in `file`. `profile` is "ua1" or "ua2".

Returns `compliant` (true or false), `profile_name`, `statement`,
\`passed_rules`, `failed_rules` and `top_failed_rules`: up to 10 failed rules
with their `id` (clause and test number), `specification`, `description` and
\`failed_checks`. A file that is not a PDF fails with `not_a_pdf`; an
unavailable veraPDF with `engine_unavailable`. For the full report, use the
REST API (`POST /v1/verapdf/api/validate/ua1`).

Credits: 10 per call.

Input parameters:

- `file` (object): The file as a download link, instead of `pdf_base64`. In ChatGPT, pass the user's uploaded file here. Other clients can set `download_url` to a public https URL.
- `pdf_base64`: The PDF, base64-encoded. At most 4 MB decoded.
- `profile` (string): "ua1" (the default) checks against PDF/UA-1 (ISO 14289-1), "ua2" against PDF/UA-2 (ISO 14289-2).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-verapdf/mcp-verapdf#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 72
- 2026-11-04: 72

## Common questions

### What is the veraPDF by pagespool MCP server?

veraPDF by pagespool is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.pagespool/verapdf. Hosted veraPDF: check a PDF against PDF/A or PDF/UA and get the full validation report. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/).

### Is the veraPDF by pagespool MCP server safe to use?

veraPDF by pagespool scores 72 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the veraPDF by pagespool MCP server expose?

veraPDF by pagespool exposes 2 tools: validate_pdfa, check_pdf_accessibility. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 673 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the veraPDF by pagespool MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to veraPDF by pagespool without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the veraPDF by pagespool MCP server still maintained?

veraPDF by pagespool is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://api.pagespool.com/mcp/verapdf/
- Website: https://pagespool.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-verapdf/mcp-verapdf.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-verapdf/mcp-verapdf.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-pagespool-verapdf/mcp-verapdf