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mcp/filetopdf-mcp-server/install/claude-desktop

install FileToPDF MCP server on Claude Desktop

Requires the runtime declared in the upstream repo — check the README before running. Claude Desktop only speaks stdio locally; HTTP servers are wrapped via npx mcp-remote automatically. Paste the config below, then follow the reload step to register FileToPDF MCP server.

paste into

macos: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filetopdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "filetopdf-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FILETOPDF_API_KEY": "sk_live_YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

then: Quit Claude Desktop completely (Cmd/Ctrl+Q) and reopen it.

other clients

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