Extract text, tables, and metadata from PDF files with layout preservation. Perfect for agents processing reports, invoices, contracts, research papers. Handles multi-page documents, preserves formatting, extracts embedded metadata.
Accepts file system path (file_path)
Part of the Document Parser MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.
AI agents invoke parse_pdf to trigger processes or run actions in Document Parser. Execute operations can have side effects beyond the immediate call -- triggering builds, sending notifications, or starting workflows. Rate limits and argument validation are essential to prevent runaway execution.
parse_pdf can trigger processes with real-world consequences. An uncontrolled agent might start dozens of builds, send mass notifications, or kick off expensive compute jobs. Intercept enforces rate limits and validates arguments to keep execution within safe bounds.
Execute tools trigger processes. Rate-limit and validate arguments to prevent unintended side effects.
tools:
parse_pdf:
rules:
- action: allow
rate_limit:
max: 10
window: 60
validate:
required_args: trueSee the full Document Parser policy for all 5 tools.
Agents calling execute-class tools like parse_pdf have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:
Other tools in the Execute risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, validate) apply to each.
parse_pdf is one of the high-risk operations in Document Parser. For the full severity-focused view — only the high-risk tools with their recommended policies — see the breakdown for this server, or browse all high-risk tools across every MCP server.
Extract text, tables, and metadata from PDF files with layout preservation. Perfect for agents processing reports, invoices, contracts, research papers. Handles multi-page documents, preserves formatting, extracts embedded metadata.. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Document Parser MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for parse_pdf. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Document Parser MCP server.
parse_pdf is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the parse_pdf rule in your Intercept policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the Intercept policy for parse_pdf. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
parse_pdf is provided by the Document Parser MCP server (@agenson-horrowitz/document-parser-mcp). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.
npx -y @policylayer/intercept