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Show HN: Long PDF Reader MCP
We’re building an MCP that lets you chat with long PDFs (e.g. textbooks with hundreds of pages) on platforms like Claude, Cursor, and other AI agents — without worrying about context limits.
- fighterhao 1y ago[dead]
- mingtianzhang 1y agothanks!
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- LoMoGan 1y agoInteresting, is this based on an external Vector DB to store and process the PDF?
- mingtianzhang 1y agoThanks for the great question! We actually use a reasoning-based, vectorless approach. In short, it follows this process: 1. Generate a table of contents (ToC) for the document. 2. Read the ToC to select a relevant section. 3. Extract relevant information from the selected section. 4. If enough information has been gathered, provide the answer; otherwise, return to step 2. We believe this approach closely mimics how a human would navigate and read long PDFs.
- LoMoGan 1y agoSounds interesting, will try it out.
- mingtianzhang 1y agoThanks, any feedback is welcome!