{"id":"tacyan-pdf-mcp-server","name":"pdf-mcp-server","af_score":43.5,"security_score":36.5,"reliability_score":25.0,"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server (Rust binary) to search for and download free, DRM-free technical book PDFs, manage a local PDF library, extract text from PDFs, and optionally upload PDFs to Google Drive for use with NotebookLM.","best_when":"You want local, agent-driven PDF retrieval and text extraction for technical learning workflows (e.g., Claude/NotebookLM) and you are comfortable running a locally built binary.","avoid_when":"You need authenticated, audited, multi-tenant access or you require strict guarantees about source authenticity, licensing, and content safety.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:52:59.068111+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["Google Drive OAuth / configuration (implied via CONFIG_GUIDE.md, not shown in provided README)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["No documented MCP tool schemas in the provided README content; agent interoperability depends on the server's actual tool definitions.","Downloading is driven by URLs sourced from search results; agents should be careful about repeated downloads and overwriting local files.","Text extraction and Drive uploads can be slow and may require waiting/retries, but retry/idempotency behavior is not documented."],"error_quality":0.0}