diff --git a/claude_desktop_config.json b/claude_desktop_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e56ec8e..0000000
--- a/claude_desktop_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "mcpServers": {
-    "pdf-tools": {
-      "command": "uv",
-      "args": [
-        "--directory",
-        "/home/rpm/claude/mcp-pdf-tools",
-        "run",
-        "mcp-pdf-tools"
-      ],
-      "env": {
-        "PDF_TEMP_DIR": "/tmp/mcp-pdf-processing"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mcp-config-example.json b/mcp-config-example.json
index 2c5b73e..025520d 100644
--- a/mcp-config-example.json
+++ b/mcp-config-example.json
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
   "mcpServers": {
     "pdf-tools": {
-      "command": "uv",
-      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/home/rpm/claude/mcp-pdf-tools", "mcp-pdf-tools"],
-      "env": {}
+      "command": "uvx",
+      "args": ["--from", "mcp-pdf[markdown]", "mcp-pdf"],
+      "env": {
+        "PDF_TEMP_DIR": "/tmp/mcp-pdf-processing"
+      }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/mcp-pdf-tools-launcher.sh b/mcp-pdf-tools-launcher.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3b08e5e..0000000
--- a/mcp-pdf-tools-launcher.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-cd /home/rpm/claude/mcp-pdf-tools
-exec uv run mcp-pdf-tools "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e201fc8..3242b58 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -99,6 +99,32 @@ dev = [
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
+# Keep dev-only artifacts out of the sdist that ships to PyPI.
+# (The PII audit also runs against the unpacked sdist before each publish —
+# see ~/.claude/rules/python.md.)
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+exclude = [
+  "CLAUDE.md",          # operator-private project context
+  ".env", ".env.local", # never ship credentials
+  ".mcp.json",          # contains local filesystem paths
+  ".pytest_cache/",
+  ".ruff_cache/",
+  "build/",
+  "dist/",
+  "examples/page_001.png",
+  "examples/*.pdf",     # demo PDFs are large + not needed by end users
+  "examples/test_demo.*",
+  "tests/CopperSprings_DigitalPortfolio.pdf",  # large fixture PDF
+  "test_security_features.py",
+  "test_integration.py",
+  "MCPMIXIN_*.md",      # internal architecture/migration notes
+  "MCP_DOCX_TOOLS_PLAN.md",
+  "claude-mcp-manager", # personal helper script
+  "run-mcp-server.sh",
+  "docker-compose.yml",
+  "Dockerfile",
+]
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 asyncio_mode = "auto"
 addopts = "-v --tb=short"