PDFMonkey MCP server

PDFMonkey MCP Server

The official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for PDFMonkey. It lets AI assistants such as Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client list your templates, generate documents and check your quota through the PDFMonkey API.

• Runs locally over stdio, with your API key
• Listed in the MCP Registry as io.github.pdfmonkey/pdfmonkey-mcp
• Documentation: pdfmonkey.io/docs/integrations/mcp

The MCP server works with existing templates: it can read them but not create or edit them. To let an agent build and preview templates, use the PDFMonkey CLI.

Get your API key

Sign up at dashboard.pdfmonkey.io/register, then copy your API key from your account page.

Setup

The server needs Node.js 18 or later and reads your key from the PDFMONKEY_API_KEY environment variable.

Claude Code

claude mcp add pdfmonkey -e PDFMONKEY_API_KEY=your-api-key -- npx -y pdfmonkey-mcp-server

Claude Desktop, Cursor and other clients

Add this to your client’s MCP configuration (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, .cursor/mcp.json for Cursor):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfmonkey": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pdfmonkey-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "PDFMONKEY_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop’s configuration file lives in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ on macOS and %APPDATA%\Claude\ on Windows.

Docker

No image is published yet, so build it locally:

docker build -t pdfmonkey-mcp-server .

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfmonkey": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "PDFMONKEY_API_KEY", "pdfmonkey-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "PDFMONKEY_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

See DOCKER-MCP-TOOLKIT.md to use it with the Docker MCP Toolkit.

Tools

Tool	What it does
list_workspaces	List the workspaces your API key can access
list_templates	List the templates of a workspace
get_template	Get a template’s HTML, CSS and sample data
generate_document	Generate a document and wait for it (polls every 1.5 s, up to 3 minutes)
get_document_status	Check a document’s status and get its download URL
list_documents	List documents, filtered by status, template or update time
delete_document	Delete a document permanently
list_snippets	List the Liquid snippets of a workspace
get_snippet	Get a snippet’s code
get_quota	Get your quota and plan
get_user_info	Get your account details

The server also exposes four prompts: list-templates-formatted, show-documents-status, generate-invoice and workspace-overview.

Good to know:

• Download URLs expire after one hour. Download the file right away, or use a share link (Pro+ and Premium plans).
• If a generation takes longer than 3 minutes, call get_document_status later with the document ID.

Example

You: Generate an invoice for ACME with my invoice template.

Claude: [calls list_templates, then generate_document]
Your invoice is ready: https://…

Development

npm install
npm run build      # compile to dist/
npm test           # run the test suite
npm run watch      # rebuild on change

To try the server against the real API:

PDFMONKEY_API_KEY=your-api-key npm start

Troubleshooting

• “PDFMONKEY_API_KEY environment variable is required”: the key is missing from your client configuration.
• 401 errors: the key is wrong or was regenerated. Copy it again from your account page.
• Docker container exits immediately: run it with -i, MCP talks over stdin.

Resources

• PDFMonkey documentation
• MCP server documentation
• PDFMonkey CLI
• API reference

Questions about the server? Open an issue. Questions about PDFMonkey itself? Contact us.

License

MIT, see LICENSE.