About PDF Table Extractor (Tanod)
Pull tables out of a PDF as rows and cells, ready for a spreadsheet or a data pipeline.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://tanod.dev/mcp/pdf-tablesclaude mcp add --transport http dev-tanod-pdf-tables https://tanod.dev/mcp/pdf-tables{"mcpServers":{"dev-tanod-pdf-tables":{"type":"http","url":"https://tanod.dev/mcp/pdf-tables"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"dev-tanod-pdf-tables":{"type":"http","url":"https://tanod.dev/mcp/pdf-tables"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"dev-tanod-pdf-tables":{"type":"http","url":"https://tanod.dev/mcp/pdf-tables"}}}{"mcpServers":{"dev-tanod-pdf-tables":{"serverUrl":"https://tanod.dev/mcp/pdf-tables"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
1| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | any | No | Public http(s) URL of the PDF (at most 20 MB; private, internal and IP-literal hosts are refused); or use file_base64. |
| pages | any | No | Pages to read (default all; at most 200 per call): N, N-M, N- (to the end), -M, last; comma separated, e.g. 1-5,9. |
| format | enum | No | json (default: every table with its page, box, header and rows), csv (one CSV file per table) or xlsx (one workbook, a sheet per table).json | csv | xlsx |
| output | enum | No | base64 (default): the file comes back inline as base64. url: the file is stored for 24 hours and the reply carries a download link (url, expires_at, bytes, content_type, sha256) instead of the base64, which keeps the file out of your context window.base64 | url |
| file_base64 | any | No | The PDF as base64 (at most 10 MB decoded); or use url. |
Details
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