# `dev.pdfops/pdfops-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/dev.pdfops/pdfops-mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/dev.pdfops/pdfops-mcp
- Version: 0.3.6 (active)
- Publisher: dev.pdfops (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/pdfops/pdfops-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:12:03.125Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Deterministic PDF tools for AI agents: inspect fields, fill forms, merge PDFs, invoices.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:38:16.562Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 2 do something that can't be undone, 2 change things and 1 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 2 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 1 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Can't be undone (2)

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

### `pdf_invoice`

- The description's first verb is "generate": a word for a change.
- The input addresses people (input.invoice.to): what it sends cannot be taken back.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Generate a complete, professionally laid-out invoice PDF from structured data — no template needed. Deterministic: the same input produces byte-identical output (safe to re-run). Note: without a paid PDFops key the output carries a small "Generated with pdfops.dev" footer line. Returns the invoice inline as an application/pdf resource. Use this when you have invoice DATA and no document; if you already have an invoice PDF or a fillable template to populate, use pdf_fill instead.
```

### `pdf_merge`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Merge two or more PDFs into one, in the order given, and return the result. Sources are read only and never modified. Returns the merged PDF inline as an application/pdf resource. This tool only concatenates whole documents: it does not reorder, rotate or delete pages within them, and it does not fill forms — use pdf_fill for a fillable form and pdf_invoice to build a document from data. An unreadable or rejected input fails with an error, so a partial merge is never returned.
```

## Changes things (2)

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

### `pdf_fill`

- The name "pdf_fill" says "fill": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fill AcroForm form fields in a PDF and return the result. Field names must exist in the PDF (use pdf_inspect first). All values are strings; checkboxes take "true"/"false"; dropdown/radio/optionlist values must be one of the field's options; text values must respect the field's maxLength from pdf_inspect. The source PDF is never modified. Returns the filled PDF inline as an application/pdf resource. Encrypted PDFs are rejected with decrypt advice (common for government blanks with an empty user password).
```

### `pdfops_usage`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check the current PDFops API quota for the configured key: tier, limit, used, remaining, the billing period, and the reset timestamp. Read-only and safe to call before a batch to confirm there is headroom. Uses the API key this connection authenticated with.
```

## Only reads (1)

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

### `pdf_inspect`

- The name "pdf_inspect" says "inspect": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List a PDF's AcroForm form fields — names, types, options, current values, per-field maxLength where declared — plus a paste-ready fillTemplate object for pdf_fill and a hasXFA flag (hybrid AcroForm/XFA inputs lose their XFA layer when filled). A PDF with no fillable form returns count 0. Read-only: the PDF is fetched but never modified. Call this FIRST when filling an unfamiliar PDF, since pdf_fill rejects unknown field names and over-length values.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `pdfops`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__pdfops__pdf_inspect"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__pdfops__pdf_fill",
      "mcp__pdfops__pdf_merge",
      "mcp__pdfops__pdf_invoice",
      "mcp__pdfops__pdfops_usage"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```