# pdf-table-pull-lite (pypi · pdf-table-pull-lite)

Pull tables out of local text PDFs as CSV. Runs on your computer, nothing uploaded.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- pypi · `pdf-table-pull-lite`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite/pdf-table-pull-lite.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite/pdf-table-pull-lite)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `pdf-table-pull-lite`
- Version: `1.2.1`
- 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 2026-11-04.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 50/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 0 of 36 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 100/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to tidybytetools/pdf-table-pull-lite).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 286 tokens (~286/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% 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 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 1 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.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the pdf-table-pull-lite MCP server?

pdf-table-pull-lite runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx pdf-table-pull-lite. 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 tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite -- uvx pdf-table-pull-lite
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-table-pull-lite"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-table-pull-lite"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite -- uvx pdf-table-pull-lite
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "pdf-table-pull-lite"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite --command uvx --arg pdf-table-pull-lite
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["pdf-table-pull-lite"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "pdf-table-pull-lite"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite -t stdio -c uvx -a pdf-table-pull-lite
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-table-pull-lite"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `extract_pdf_tables` (~286 tokens)

Extract PDF tables to CSV

Pull the tables out of a local text PDF.

Use this when you need the rows and columns of a table from a PDF on this
computer, for example to load them into a spreadsheet, pandas or a database.
Do not use it for scanned PDFs or photos (there is no OCR), for PDFs on the web
(download the file first), or when you want the whole document as text
(use a PDF-to-Markdown or text tool instead).

path: full path to a PDF on this computer.
pages: optional, like "1,3-5". Empty means all pages.
strategy: "auto" (default, tries borders first, then spacing), "lines" (tables with
ruled borders) or "text" (tables lined up by spacing). Try "text" if "auto" misses
a table that has no border lines.
output_dir: optional. If set, each table is saved there as a CSV and the file paths
are returned. Files named pageN_tableM.csv that already exist there are replaced.
If empty, nothing is written and the CSV text of each table is returned.

Scanned (image-only) pages have no text and are skipped. Returns [] if no tables.

Input parameters:

- `output_dir` (string)
- `pages` (string)
- `path` (string, required)
- `strategy` (string)

Output parameters:

- `result` (array)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite/pdf-table-pull-lite#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 64

## Common questions

### What is the pdf-table-pull-lite MCP server?

pdf-table-pull-lite is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.tidybytetools/pdf-table-pull-lite. Pull tables out of local text PDFs as CSV. Runs on your computer, nothing uploaded. This page covers its PyPI package (pdf-table-pull-lite).

### Is the pdf-table-pull-lite MCP server safe to use?

pdf-table-pull-lite scores 64 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 pdf-table-pull-lite MCP server expose?

pdf-table-pull-lite exposes 1 tool: extract_pdf_tables. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 286 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the pdf-table-pull-lite MCP server still maintained?

pdf-table-pull-lite is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the pdf-table-pull-lite MCP server under?

pdf-table-pull-lite declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/pdf-table-pull-lite/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/pdf-table-pull-lite
- Repository: https://github.com/tidybytetools/pdf-table-pull-lite
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite/pdf-table-pull-lite.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite/pdf-table-pull-lite.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tidybytetools-pdf-table-pull-lite/pdf-table-pull-lite