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readPageFile

Read Page File

Read the content of a file attached to a Page: a PDF's text layer, a DOCX/CSV/TXT/MD document, an audio transcript, or an IMAGE.

read

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "read the attached PDF", and it calls readPageFile.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "pageId": "<pageId>"
  },
  "name": "readPageFile"
}

Arguments

• fileIdstringoptionalThe fileId from listPageFiles (preferred)
• fileNamestringoptionalThe file name, if the fileId is unknown
• limitnumberoptionalMax characters to return for text / transcripts
• offsetnumberoptionalCharacter offset for paging long text / transcripts
• pageIdstringrequiredThe page ID the file is attached to
• pageRangestringoptionalPDF page range, e.g. "1-5" or "3". Defaults to the first pages.

Returns

For an image (screenshot, photo), it returns a vision-model description of what the image shows plus any legible text in it (OCR), in description, ocrText, and a combined text.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• read the attached PDF
• what does the attachment say
• what's in this screenshot
• describe the image on this page

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listPageFiles
• readPage

Questions

• What does readPageFile do?

  Read the content of a file attached to a Page: a PDF's text layer, a DOCX/CSV/TXT/MD document, an audio transcript, or an IMAGE. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use readPageFile from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "read the attached PDF", and it calls readPageFile.

• Is readPageFile safe to let an AI call?

  readPageFile is read-only: it changes nothing.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.