If the PDF is too large, using the MCP exceeds the maximum tokens. But there is no option to use the MCP to output to a file.

Claude Code

I'll help you convert that PDF to markdown and update the memory/claude.md with the PDF reading tip.

⏺ markitdown - convert_to_markdown (MCP)(uri: "file:///Volumes/Dev/Work/Gondola_Dev/Illustrations/Lincoln/Lincoln FL.pdf")
⎿ Error: MCP tool "convert_to_markdown" response (51164 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use pagination, filtering, or limit parameters to reduce the response size.