pdfnative MCP MCP Setup & Guide

{
  "id": "io.github.Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp",
  "type": "mcp-server",
  "version": "1.7.0",
  "displayName": "pdfnative MCP — PDF/A & PDF/X-4 generation, PAdES signing & introspection",
  "description": "PDF MCP: generate PDF/A & PDF/X-4, sign & verify PAdES (LTV), forms, merge, split, encrypt. 28 tools",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp#readme",
  "distribution": {
    "packages": [
      {
        "registryType": "npm",
        "identifier": "pdfnative-mcp",
        "version": "1.7.0",
        "runtimeHint": "npx",
        "transport": "stdio",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR",
            "description": "Absolute path of a sandboxed directory where outputMode='file' may write PDFs. Unset: every tool returns base64 only (file output disabled)."
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_CACHE_DIR",
            "description": "Opt-in content-addressed response cache directory (SHA-256 keyed, 1h TTL, 256 MiB LRU, plaintext at rest). Never caches encrypt/decrypt, sign, timestamp, add_ltv, update_metadata, encrypted builds or file output."
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_PORT",
            "description": "Serve Streamable HTTP on this loopback port instead of stdio (MCP 2026-07-28, stateless). Unauthenticated unless PDFNATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN is set."
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN",
            "description": "Opt-in bearer token for the HTTP transport (>= 16 chars, no whitespace). When set, /mcp requires 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' or answers 401. Never logged.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_MAX_INFLATE_BYTES",
            "description": "Per-stream FlateDecode decompression cap in bytes (zip-bomb mitigation; default 104857600 = 100 MiB). Integer >= 1024; an invalid value refuses to start the server."
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_CREATION_DATE",
            "description": "ISO 8601 instant with a time zone (e.g. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z) pinned as the creation date of every generated document: reproducible bytes on any host. A call's own creationDate still wins. An invalid value refuses to start the server."
          },
          {
            "name": "SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH",
            "description": "reproducible-builds.org convention: integer seconds since the Unix epoch, used as the pinned creation date when PDFNATIVE_MCP_CREATION_DATE is unset. An invalid value refuses to start the server."
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_URL",
            "description": "http(s) URL of the RFC 3161 timestamp authority used by sign_pdf timestamp=true and timestamp_pdf (PAdES B-T / B-LTA). Unset: those calls fail with TSA_NOT_CONFIGURED and no network request is made. Tool arguments can never supply a URL."
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_AUTH",
            "description": "Optional Authorization header value sent to the TSA (e.g. 'Basic ...' or 'Bearer ...'). Never logged or echoed.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_REVOCATION",
            "description": "'ocsp', 'crl' or 'ocsp,crl': enables online revocation collection for add_ltv mode='online' (PAdES B-LT). Unset: that mode fails with REVOCATION_NOT_CONFIGURED; mode='offline' stays fully offline. Requires PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_ALLOWED_HOSTS."
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_ALLOWED_HOSTS",
            "description": "Comma-separated allow-list of OCSP / CRL responder hosts ('host', 'host:port' or '*.suffix'). Mandatory when PDFNATIVE_MCP_REVOCATION is set: responder URLs found in certificates are fetched only if the host matches (http(s) only, no credentials, no redirects, internal addresses rejected unless listed verbatim)."
          },
          {
            "name": "PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_TIMEOUT_MS",
            "description": "Per-request timeout for TSA / OCSP / CRL calls in milliseconds, 1000-120000 (default 10000)."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "remotes": []
  },
  "dependencies": [],
  "installTargets": [
    "claude-code",
    "claude-desktop",
    "cursor",
    "vscode",
    "trae",
    "cherry-studio",
    "lingma",
    "windsurf",
    "cline",
    "workbuddy"
  ],
  "keywords": [],
  "provenance": {
    "origin": "official-mcp-registry",
    "originalId": "io.github.Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp",
    "originalUrl": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/io.github.Nizoka%2Fpdfnative-mcp/versions/latest",
    "isOfficial": true,
    "status": "active"
  }
}