PDFMakerAPI MCP server

An MCP server for **PDFMakerAPI**. It

exposes a single `create_document` tool that turns a plain-English document description into a

shareable link which opens in the PDFMakerAPI editor — preview it, edit any field, and download

the PDF.

Works with Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Zed, VS Code, ChatGPT, and any

other MCP client. It's a thin client of the public API at `https://api.pdfmakerapi.com`, so it needs

no account or credentials of its own.

What is PDFMakerAPI?

PDFMakerAPI is a PDF template builder and PDF generation API. Instead of hard-coding documents or wrestling with HTML-to-PDF converters that break when your content changes, you design a reusable template once in a visual, no-code editor — placing text, tables, images, and dynamic fields exactly where you want them — then feed it data to produce a finished, editable PDF.

Generate a single document or thousands. Fill a template in yourself, share a link so anyone completes it in the browser as a fillable PDF form, send JSON to the REST API, trigger generation from no-code tools like Zapier, Make, and n8n, or create documents straight from AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT. Prefer to start from a prompt? Describe what you need and let Quill build it.

Teams use PDFMakerAPI for invoices, receipts, certificates, reports, and contracts — anything you'd otherwise rebuild by hand every time the data changes. Start building free with 100 PDFs a month.

Quick install

One-click:

Or add the same config manually (works in every desktop client):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfmakerapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pdfmakerapi/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Setup by client

Claude Desktop

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (`claude_desktop_config.json`), add the `mcpServers` block above, and restart Claude.

Cursor

Use the Add to Cursor button, or add the block to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (global) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (per-project).

Windsurf

Add the block to `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json` (or via Settings → Cascade → MCP).

Cline

Cline → MCP Servers → Configure, and add the `mcpServers` block.

VS Code

Use the Install in VS Code button, or add to `.vscode/mcp.json` (note: VS Code uses a `servers` key):

{
  "servers": {
    "pdfmakerapi": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@pdfmakerapi/mcp"] }
  }
}

Zed

In `settings.json`:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "pdfmakerapi": { "command": { "path": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@pdfmakerapi/mcp"] } }
  }
}

Hosted (remote) option — no install

If your client supports remote MCP servers, just point it at the hosted endpoint — no `npx`, no Node:

https://api.pdfmakerapi.com/mcp

• Claude.ai (web): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the URL.
• ChatGPT (Plus/Pro/Enterprise): Settings → Connectors → add the URL.
• Cursor / others: add `{ "url": "https://api.pdfmakerapi.com/mcp" }` instead of `command`/`args`.

Usage

Ask your assistant for a document:

> *"Make a professional invoice for Acme with 3 line items."*

> *"Create a course completion certificate."*

> *"Build a clean one-page resume."*

It calls `create_document` and returns a link like `https://app.pdfmakerapi.com/d/` — open it to

preview, edit any field, and download the PDF.

Configuration

Develop

git clone https://github.com/GerardoBarrera/pdfmakerapi-mcp.git
cd pdfmakerapi-mcp
npm install
npm run build   # compile to dist/
npm run dev     # run from source (tsx)

Troubleshooting

• Server doesn't appear in your client — restart the client after editing its MCP config, and check the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). For remote clients, confirm the URL is exactly `https://api.pdfmakerapi.com/mcp`.
• `npx` fails to start — ensure Node.js 18+ is installed (`node -v`), then retry `npx -y @pdfmakerapi/mcp@latest`.
• Connection / timeout on the remote endpoint — verify your network/proxy allows HTTPS to `api.pdfmakerapi.com`, and that you're using the Streamable HTTP transport.
• "Document is too large" — documents are capped at ~1 MB of JSON; trim large tables or split into multiple documents.
• The returned link won't open — copy the full link (it ends in a document ID); if it 404s, generate the document again.
• Still stuck? — open a GitHub issue or email support@pdfmakerapi.com.

License

MIT