Pdf4me for AI agents
PDF4me offers APIs for generating, converting, and manipulating documents, including form filling and barcode reading. Development teams use it to automate document handling inside their applications. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.
What agents do in Pdf4me.
Fill out a PDF form
Populate a PDF form's fields with data pulled from a record before sending it out.
Extract text from a PDF
Pull the text content of a PDF for search or summarization read-only.
Read a barcode from an image
Decode a barcode in a scanned image to match it against an inventory or shipping record.
4 Pdf4me actions, graded by risk.
Every Pdf4me action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.
read
3Look things up. Allowed by default.
- pdf4me.extract_textExtract Text from PDF
- pdf4me.convert_to_pdfConvert to PDF
- pdf4me.read_barcodes_from_imageRead Barcodes from Image
write
1Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.
- pdf4me.fill_pdf_formFill PDF Form
destructive
0Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.
- No destructive actions.
Pdf4me in three steps.
- 01Your users connect Pdf4meThey add their Pdf4me api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
- 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “fill PDF Form” can wait for the user to approve.
- 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Pdf4me through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
await arc0.policies.set('pdf4me', { read: 'allow', write: 'ask', // fill_pdf_form destructive: 'deny', }) # Claude Code: the same connection, one URL $ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \ https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
How Pdf4me connects.
Users add their Pdf4me api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.
The same Pdf4me connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →
- AUTH
- API key
- CREDENTIALS
- Per-tenant encrypted vault
- MODEL SEES
- Results only, never credentials
- AUDIT LOG
- Every call, on every plan
Use Pdf4me from any agent.
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Pdf4me and Arc0, answered.
Can I use Pdf4me with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?
Yes. Connect Pdf4me to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Pdf4me actions you allow.
How do users connect Pdf4me?
Users add their Pdf4me api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.
Which Pdf4me actions can my agent take?
4 in total: 3 read, 1 write and 0 destructive, such as “fill PDF Form”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.
Can I make my agent read-only in Pdf4me?
Yes. Allow read actions and deny writes in the Pdf4me policy. Your agent can still look things up, and any write it attempts is blocked and logged.
Can my own backend call Pdf4me too?
Yes. The same Pdf4me connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.
Plug Pdf4me into your agent.
Your users connect Pdf4me once, under your brand. Your agent gets 4 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.
Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan