# `com.pdfia/pdf-tools` on anlyon.dev

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> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.pdfia/pdf-tools
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.pdfia/pdf-tools
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.pdfia (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:00:19.165Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Free PDF tools for AI agents: merge, split, rotate, watermark, page numbers, metadata, flatten.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:53:30.570Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 1 can delete or cancel things, 1 do something that can't be undone, 7 change things and 1 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 1 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 1 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 7 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 1 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__pdf-tools__get_pdf_metadata` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (1)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `remove_pages`

- The name "remove_pages" says "remove": a word for removing or ending something.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Delete the given pages from a PDF. Returns the remaining document as base64.
```

## Can't be undone (1)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `merge_pdfs`

- The name "merge_pdfs" says "merge": a word for a change that another call does not undo.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Merge multiple PDF files into one, in the order given. Returns the merged PDF as base64.
```

## Changes things (7)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `add_page_numbers`

- The name "add_page_numbers" says "add": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Stamp page numbers onto every page of a PDF. Returns base64.
```

### `extract_pages`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Extract the given pages into a new PDF (original order). Returns base64.
```

### `flatten_pdf`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Flatten fillable form fields into permanent page content so answers can't be edited. Returns base64.
```

### `rotate_pdf`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Rotate pages clockwise by 90, 180, or 270 degrees. Rotates all pages unless a page list is given. Returns base64.
```

### `set_pdf_metadata`

- The name "set_pdf_metadata" says "set": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Rewrite a PDF's document properties. Pass empty strings to strip identifying metadata before sharing. Returns base64.
```

### `split_pdf`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Split a PDF into parts. Provide ranges like "1-3, 5, 8-10" (each comma group becomes one output PDF), or omit ranges to get every page as its own PDF. Returns base64 files.
```

### `watermark_pdf`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Stamp a diagonal text watermark (e.g. "CONFIDENTIAL", "DRAFT") across every page. Returns base64.
```

## Only reads (1)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_pdf_metadata`

- The name "get_pdf_metadata" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "read" and "document": it reads documents. The input names a file (input.file), and the tool reads: it reads files.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read a PDF's document properties (title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer, dates, page count).
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `pdf-tools`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__pdf-tools__get_pdf_metadata"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__pdf-tools__merge_pdfs",
      "mcp__pdf-tools__split_pdf",
      "mcp__pdf-tools__extract_pages",
      "mcp__pdf-tools__rotate_pdf",
      "mcp__pdf-tools__watermark_pdf",
      "mcp__pdf-tools__add_page_numbers",
      "mcp__pdf-tools__set_pdf_metadata",
      "mcp__pdf-tools__flatten_pdf"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__pdf-tools__remove_pages"
    ]
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__pdf-tools__get_pdf_metadata`: private-data

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:38:07.671Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:38:07.671Z. No credentials were sent and no tool was called. Values are shown as the endpoint returned them. Method: https://anlyon.dev/methodology#remote-posture

| Fact | Observed |
| --- | --- |
| Reachable | `yes` |
| HTTP status of an anonymous initialize | `200` |
| tools/list served without credentials | `yes` |
| Tools that change things, listed without credentials | `9` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `none` |
| Authorization servers | `none` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `not observed` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `not observed` |

- **high** Tools that change things, listed to anyone ([unauth-remote-writes](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#unauth-remote-writes))

```untrusted-server-text
The endpoint served tools/list without credentials, and the list has 9 tools that change things (1 destructive, 1 irreversible, 7 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://pdfia.com/mcp: tools/list returned 10 tools to an anonymous client, including remove_pages (destructive), merge_pdfs (irreversible), split_pdf (write), extract_pages (write), rotate_pdf (write) and 4 more
```