podpdf-mcp

podpdf-mcp

An MCP server for PodPDF. It lets Claude, Cursor, VS Code and any other MCP client turn HTML, Markdown, URLs and saved templates into PDFs.

Setup

• Get an API key at app.podpdf.com → Settings → API Keys. PodPDF charges $0.01 per PDF, and an account needs a plan or a credit pack before calls succeed.
• Add the server to your client. Most clients take this config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "podpdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "podpdf-mcp"],
      "env": { "PODPDF_API_KEY": "pk_..." }
    }
  }
}

With Claude Code:

claude mcp add podpdf --env PODPDF_API_KEY=pk_... -- npx -y podpdf-mcp

Tools

Tool	What it does
generate_pdf	HTML, Markdown or a public HTTPS URL to PDF, up to 25 pages. Options: format, landscape, margin, printBackground, scale, pageRanges.
render_template	Fill a saved template (template_id) with data and render it.
start_long_job	Queue HTML or Markdown up to 100 pages. wait: true polls until it's done.
get_job	Status and details of a job.
get_download_link	A fresh 1-hour download link for a job's stored output.

generate_pdf, render_template and get_download_link take an optional save_path to write the PDF to disk. Otherwise they return a download link that is valid for one hour.

Environment

Variable	Required	Default
PODPDF_API_KEY	yes	—
PODPDF_API_URL	no	https://api.podpdf.com

API docs: apidocs.podpdf.com. Support: [e-mail].