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io.github.Parallels/pdfm-mcp · v0.1.4

Control Parallels Desktop VMs from MCP: power, screenshot, exec, keyboard, sequences. macOS only.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add pdfm-mcp -e PDFM_MCP_VM_ID=<PDFM_MCP_VM_ID> -e PDFM_MCP_LOG_LEVEL=<PDFM_MCP_LOG_LEVEL> -- https://github.com/Parallels/pdfm-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.4/pdfm-mcp-0.1.4.mcpb
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfm-mcp": {
      "command": "https://github.com/Parallels/pdfm-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.4/pdfm-mcp-0.1.4.mcpb",
      "args": [],
      "env": {
        "PDFM_MCP_VM_ID": "<PDFM_MCP_VM_ID>",
        "PDFM_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<PDFM_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfm-mcp": {
      "command": "https://github.com/Parallels/pdfm-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.4/pdfm-mcp-0.1.4.mcpb",
      "args": [],
      "env": {
        "PDFM_MCP_VM_ID": "<PDFM_MCP_VM_ID>",
        "PDFM_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<PDFM_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "pdfm-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "https://github.com/Parallels/pdfm-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.4/pdfm-mcp-0.1.4.mcpb",
      "args": [],
      "env": {
        "PDFM_MCP_VM_ID": "<PDFM_MCP_VM_ID>",
        "PDFM_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<PDFM_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
PDFM_MCP_VM_ID
Optional
Optional VM id or name to restrict the server to a single VM (empty = all VMs)
PDFM_MCP_LOG_LEVEL
Optional
debug, info, warn or error (default info)

Details

Packagehttps://github.com/Parallels/pdfm-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.4/pdfm-mcp-0.1.4.mcpb (MCPB, stdio)
First published15 Oct 2026
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Registry nameio.github.Parallels/pdfm-mcp

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