pip install oxidize-pdf            # Core library
pip install "oxidize-pdf[mcp]"     # + MCP server for AI agents

oxidize-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oxidize-pdf": {
      "command": "oxidize-mcp",
      "env": {
        "OXIDIZE_WORKSPACE": "/path/to/your/pdfs"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "oxidize-pdf": {
      "command": "oxidize-mcp",
      "env": {
        "OXIDIZE_WORKSPACE": "/path/to/your/pdfs"
      }
    }
  }
}

from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStdio

async with MCPServerStdio(
    params={"command": "oxidize-mcp", "env": {"OXIDIZE_WORKSPACE": "/path/to/your/pdfs"}},
    cache_tools_list=True,
) as server:
    agent = Agent(
        name="PDF assistant",
        instructions="Use the oxidize-pdf tools to inspect and manipulate PDFs.",
        mcp_servers=[server],
    )
    result = await Runner.run(agent, "How many pages does report.pdf have?")
    print(result.final_output)

OXIDIZE_WORKSPACE=/path/to/pdfs oxidize-mcp

from oxidize_pdf.mcp.server import run
run()

from oxidize_pdf import Document, Page, Font, Color

doc = Document()
doc.set_title("My Document")
doc.set_author("Jane Doe")

page = Page.a4()
page.set_font(Font.HELVETICA, 24.0)
page.set_text_color(Color.black())
page.text_at(72.0, 750.0, "Hello from oxidize-pdf!")

page.set_font(Font.TIMES_ROMAN, 12.0)
page.text_at(72.0, 700.0, "Generated with Python + Rust.")

doc.add_page(page)
doc.save("output.pdf")

from oxidize_pdf import PdfReader

reader = PdfReader.open("document.pdf")
print(f"Pages: {reader.page_count}, Version: {reader.version}")

for i, text in enumerate(reader.extract_text()):
    print(f"--- Page {i + 1} ---")
    print(text)

from oxidize_pdf import split_pdf, merge_pdfs, rotate_pdf, extract_pages

split_pdf("input.pdf", "output_dir/")                       # Split into individual pages
merge_pdfs(["part1.pdf", "part2.pdf"], "merged.pdf")         # Merge multiple PDFs
rotate_pdf("input.pdf", "rotated.pdf", 90)                   # Rotate all pages
extract_pages("input.pdf", "subset.pdf", [0, 2, 4])          # Extract specific pages

from oxidize_pdf import Document, Page, Color

doc = Document()
page = Page.a4()

page.set_fill_color(Color.hex("#3498db"))
page.draw_rect(72.0, 700.0, 200.0, 100.0)
page.fill()

page.set_stroke_color(Color.red())
page.set_line_width(2.0)
page.draw_circle(300.0, 500.0, 50.0)
page.stroke()

doc.add_page(page)
doc.save("graphics.pdf")

from oxidize_pdf import Color, Point, Rectangle, Margins, Font

# Colors
Color.rgb(1.0, 0.0, 0.0)          # RGB
Color.hex("#ff6600")               # Hex
Color.cmyk(0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0)   # CMYK

# Geometry
Point(72.0, 720.0)
Rectangle.from_xywh(72.0, 72.0, 468.0, 648.0)
Margins.uniform(72.0)

# Fonts — all 14 standard PDF fonts
Font.HELVETICA    # Font.HELVETICA_BOLD
Font.TIMES_ROMAN  # Font.TIMES_BOLD
Font.COURIER      # Font.COURIER_BOLD

from oxidize_pdf import PdfReader, PdfError, PdfIoError, PdfParseError

try:
    reader = PdfReader.open("missing.pdf")
except PdfIoError as e:
    print(f"I/O error: {e}")
except PdfParseError as e:
    print(f"Parse error: {e}")
except PdfError as e:
    print(f"PDF error: {e}")

pip install oxidize-pdf[mcp]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oxidize-pdf": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "oxidize-pdf[mcp]", "oxidize-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add oxidize-pdf -- uvx --from "oxidize-pdf[mcp]" oxidize-mcp