# PDF manipulation and conversion APIs for AI agents (slim)

> 2 PDF tools ranked by the Anchor benchmark. Leader Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API (C). APIs that merge, split, convert, fill, sign-ready and generate PDFs. Scored apart from structured extraction, because changing a PDF and reading one are different jobs.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/pdf-tools.md (~3,050 tokens) · this version ~280 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/pdf-tools.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/pdf-tools
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

- Tools: 2 · agent-ready (BB+): 0 · accept x402: 0 · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools.json · by capability: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/capabilities.json
- Capabilities: pdf.convert, pdf.merge, pdf.forms, pdf.generate, pdf.extract

| # | Tool | Grade | Score | Confidence | x402 | Auth | Where | Slim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 307 | Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API | C | 56 | medium | no | OAuth | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.min.md |
| 430 | PDF.co API + MCP | E | 38.2 | medium | no | API key | hosted + local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.min.md |