---
title: "PDF.co integration for LuumenAI"
url: "https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/pdf-co/"
entity: SoftwareIntegration
category: "Knowledge & documentation"
audience: "SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, IT operations"
---

# PDF.co integration for LuumenAI

Read, parse, and convert documents with PDF.co, with edits held for approval

## What LuumenAI can do with PDF.co

LuumenAI connects to PDF.co with an API token and exposes 34 tools (17 read-only · 17 write). Reads answer immediately; writes are shown as a plan and require approval by default, configurable per tool by an administrator.

## Key facts

- Authentication: API token
- Tools available: 34 tools (17 read-only · 17 write)
- Plan: available on all plans
- Category: Knowledge & documentation

## About PDF.co with LuumenAI

Operations teams end up with PDFs in the loop: scanned change forms, vendor invoices, exported reports. Connect PDF.co and Luumen can read a document's metadata, search its text, and pull structured fields out of it on the spot. Conversions, OCR passes, and edits to a file run as previewed steps you approve first. Access uses an API key.

## Example tools

Read-only (17 in total):

- `PDF_CO_ACCOUNT_BALANCE_INFO` — Get account balance info.
- `PDF_CO_CONVERT_EXCEL_TO_TEXT` — Convert Excel files to plain text.
- `PDF_CO_CONVERT_EXCEL_TO_XML` — Convert an Excel file to XML.
- `PDF_CO_DOCUMENT_PARSER` — Parse documents based on predefined templates to extract structured data.
- `PDF_CO_JOB_CHECK` — Check status and result of an asynchronous job.
- `PDF_CO_PDF_DELETE_PAGES` — Delete specific pages from a PDF file.
- `PDF_CO_PDF_EXTRACT_ATTACHMENTS` — Extract embedded attachments from a PDF.
- `PDF_CO_PDF_FIND` — Find text in a PDF document.

Write and destructive (17 in total, approval required by default):

- `PDF_CO_CONVERT_EXCEL_TO_CSV` — Convert an Excel file (XLS/XLSX) to CSV.
- `PDF_CO_CONVERT_EXCEL_TO_HTML` — Convert an Excel file to HTML.
- `PDF_CO_CONVERT_EXCEL_TO_JSON` — Convert an online Excel or CSV file to JSON format.
- `PDF_CO_FILE_UPLOAD` — Upload a local file or remote URL to PDF.co, returning a hosted URL for downstream processing.
- `PDF_CO_PDF_ADD` — Add content to an existing PDF.
- `PDF_CO_PDF_CHANGE_TEXT_SEARCHABLE` — Make PDF text searchable using OCR.
- `PDF_CO_PDFCO_POST_BARCODE_GENERATE` — Generate high quality barcode images in 45+ formats including QR Code, Code 128, Code 39, and more.
- `PDF_CO_PDFCO_POST_FILE_UPLOAD_BASE64` — Create a temporary file using base64-encoded source data.

## Frequently asked questions

### How does LuumenAI connect to PDF.co?

Authorize once with API token. Luumen lists the scopes each action needs before you approve the connection, and credentials never appear in the chat.

### Can LuumenAI change things in PDF.co on its own?

Read actions answer immediately. Anything that writes is shown as a plan and requires approval by default. Administrators configure that per tool.

### Is there an audit trail?

Every call to PDF.co — read or write, approved or declined — is recorded with the actor, the input, and the result.

Full page: https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/pdf-co/