PDF Tools

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Open any PDF already on your computer and work with it: read and search it in an interactive viewer, fill and sign forms, extract text and data, merge, split, and compare documents. Your files never leave your machine.

Plugin · by Open Document Alliance · runs in Claude Desktop · listed 2026-03-31

Runs in Claude Desktop only: install it from Claude Desktop's extension directory.

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PDF Tools turns Claude Desktop into a complete PDF workstation with local file operations. Claude can fetch PDFs from URLs, inspect them visually, fill forms, manage pages, add signature/date zones, apply local signatures or text, extract structured data, and return document content to the selected MCP host for analysis. This package targets Claude Desktop and other local MCP hosts today. It does not yet include a remote Claude/Cowork connector. **Interactive PDF Viewer:** • View PDFs with page navigation, zoom, search, text selection, and fullscreen • See form fields in a sidebar with fill…

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