pdf-smart-extractor vs One MCP, many parsers
pdf-smart-extractor is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑22.
pdf-smart-extractor is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Diego Consolini. No marketplace we read lists it any more. One MCP, many parsers is an MCP server published by adelaidasofia. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  One MCP, many parsers | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace diegocconsolini/claudeskillcollection | Removed on 2026-10-22 Version: 2.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | pdf-smart-extractorno longer listed · | One MCP, many parsers |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (https://github.com/adelaidasofia/parse-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/parse-mcp.mcpb) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/diegocconsolini/claudeskillcollection | github.com/adelaidasofia/parse-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of pdf-smart-extractor
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Parse, extract, split, and ask over digital PDFs (text layer, no OCR) from Cursor and Claude.
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Fill, convert, OCR, merge, split, extract data from and summarize PDFs. AI answers cite the page.
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MCP server for extracting text, images, tables, links, annotations, and metadata from PDF files.
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Local-only PDF tools for AI — extract text, search, split/merge, render pages. Files never leave.
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Extract text, pages and metadata from PDFs in bulk, with OCR for scanned files.
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PDF data extraction with 9 backend support (markitdown, docling, marker, pdfplumber, pdfminer, pypdf2, pymupdf4llm, pdfbox, pdftotext)
What each says it does
pdf-smart-extractor
Extract and analyze large PDFs (3MB-10MB+) with minimal token usage. Preserves 100% of content while achieving 12-103x token reduction through local extraction, semantic chunking, and intelligent caching. Perfect for technical documentation (NIST, ISO, AWS guides), compliance frameworks, and research papers. One-time extraction, instant querying.
One MCP, many parsers
One MCP, many parsers. Routes between markitdown, Docling, and LlamaParse. Plus an interpret tool…
How to run each
pdf-smart-extractor
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
One MCP, many parsers As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install parse-mcp@claude-communityRequires: LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of pdf-smart-extractor publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: pdf-smart-extractor · What it can do: One MCP, many parsers · Compare two other plugins
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