# AuraBridge Systems and ExactPDF MCP

Site: https://aurabridgesystems.in
Product: ExactPDF
Product URL: https://exactpdf.com
Developer docs: https://exactpdf.com/developers
API docs: https://exactpdf.com/docs/api
npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@exactpdf/mcp
Blog guide: https://aurabridgesystems.in/blog/exactpdf-mcp-target-compression

## ExactPDF MCP summary

@exactpdf/mcp is a Model Context Protocol stdio server for AI agents that need PDF workflows from Cursor, Claude Desktop, Codex, or any MCP client.

Use it when an agent needs to:
- inspect a PDF before work
- merge PDFs
- merge and compress PDFs
- split PDFs
- rotate PDFs
- compress a PDF
- compress a PDF to a target byte size
- convert images to PDF
- extract PDF text
- export PDF JSON
- export structured Markdown for RAG
- preview voice styles
- estimate speech costs for planning

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exactpdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@exactpdf/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "EXACTPDF_API_KEY": "sk_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Environment:

```bash
export EXACTPDF_API_KEY="sk_live_..."
export EXACTPDF_API_BASE="https://exactpdf.com"
export EXACTPDF_API_OUTPUT_DIR="/tmp"
```

## Target-size PDF compression

ExactPDF MCP exposes target-size compression as first-class tools:

- exactpdf_compress_pdf_to_target: custom byte target
- exactpdf_compress_pdf_to_100kb: 102400 bytes
- exactpdf_compress_pdf_to_200kb: 204800 bytes
- exactpdf_compress_pdf_to_500kb: 512000 bytes
- exactpdf_compress_pdf_to_1mb: 1048576 bytes

Recommended agent flow:

1. exactpdf_account
2. exactpdf_pdf_info(path="/absolute/path/file.pdf")
3. exactpdf_compress_pdf_to_target(path="/absolute/path/file.pdf", target_bytes=512000)
4. Report output path, original bytes, output bytes, and whether target was reached.

## Agent safety rules

- Always call exactpdf_account before paid tools.
- Use absolute file paths.
- Use exactpdf_pdf_info before large or user-critical jobs.
- Use target-size compression when the user mentions a hard upload limit.
- Keep API keys out of prompts, logs, screenshots, and commits.
- If a tool returns an error, show the HTTP status and structured response body.
- Do not promise background PDF speech or audiobook output through MCP until ExactPDF announces worker hardening is complete.

## Current npm metadata

Package: @exactpdf/mcp
Latest version observed: 0.2.14
Node requirement: >=18
License: MIT
MCP name: com.exactpdf/mcp