# `io.github.theluckystrike/pdf-to-excel` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/pdf-to-excel
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/pdf-to-excel
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.theluckystrike (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-22T06:20:05.594Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Zovo PDF to Spreadsheet
PDF tables into a spreadsheet
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T06:20:47.072Z over streamable-http.

**2 tools: 1 change things and 1 only read.**

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

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `convert_pdf_tables` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "convert_pdf_tables" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "convert_pdf_tables" says "convert": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (1)

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

### `convert_pdf_tables`

- The name "convert_pdf_tables" says "convert": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the user wants to convert a PDF to Excel, convert PDF to Excel, extract a table from a PDF, convert PDF table to Excel, PDF to CSV, PDF to XLSX, get a bank statement PDF to Excel, or turn a PDF to spreadsheet. It reads the tables in a text-based PDF and returns an Excel workbook (one sheet per table) and a ZIP of CSV files, with column types and a preview of the first rows. Handles up to 15 MB and 50 pages. Does not read scanned or image-only pages (no OCR), does not edit the PDF, and keeps files for about 1 hour. Do not use for a PDF that is only a form to fill or for reading a PDF as plain text.
```

## Only reads (1)

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

### `list_pdf_tables`

- The name "list_pdf_tables" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the user wants to extract table from pdf, copy table from pdf, or inspect pdf to spreadsheet tables, before exporting: it shows each table's size, column types and first rows with no download. Does not make Excel or CSV files (use convert_pdf_tables for that), does not read scanned pages (no OCR), and handles up to 15 MB and 50 pages. Do not use for editing a PDF or for a PDF that is not a table.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__pdf-to-excel__list_pdf_tables"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__pdf-to-excel__convert_pdf_tables"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```