pdfzen

skills: {'id': 'list_starters', 'name': 'list_starters', 'description': "List pdfzen's 45 public starter templates — invoices, receipts, contracts, certificates, NDAs, letters, reports, resumes, boarding passes, menus, bank statements, lab reports, lease agreements, performance reviews, and more. Returns an array of { slug, name, description, icon, pageOptions, fonts, dataKeys }. Free, no payment, no auth required. Call this first to discover what fits the user request, then optionally call get_starter to see the expected data shape, then call render_template_to_pdf to produce the PDF.", 'tags': [], 'examples': None, 'input_modes': None, 'output_modes': None}, {'id': 'get_starter', 'name': 'get_starter', 'description': 'Fetch the full HTML body, CSS, sampleData, and pageOptions for one starter template by slug. Use this when you need to understand the exact shape of `data` the template expects before calling render_template_to_pdf, or when you want to fork a starter into custom HTML. Free, no payment, no auth required.', 'tags': [], 'examples': None, 'input_modes': None, 'output_modes': None}, {'id': 'render_template_to_pdf', 'name': 'render_template_to_pdf', 'description': "Prepare a paid PDF render from one of the 45 starter templates. Validates your template + data and returns the exact, ready-to-execute HTTP request to run against pdfzen's render endpoint — POST /v402/render/pdf (x402, $0.006 USDC on Base, no API key) or POST /v1/render/pdf (pdfzen API key, credit-billed). pdfzen renders are executed over HTTP, not streamed in-band over MCP; this tool is the bridge. Your `data` is merged ON TOP of the starter sampleData at render time, so partial payloads inherit demo defaults (e.g. ship just the customer name + total).", 'tags': [], 'examples': None, 'input_modes': None, 'output_modes': None}, {'id': 'render_html_to_pdf', 'name': 'render_html_to_pdf', 'description': "Prepare a paid PDF render from arbitrary Handlebars-flavoured HTML. Use only when no starter fits (one-off layouts, custom branding). Prefer render_template_to_pdf when a starter matches. Validates your HTML and returns the exact, ready-to-execute HTTP request to run against pdfzen's render endpoint — POST /v402/render/pdf (x402, $0.006 USDC on Base, no API key) or POST /v1/render/pdf (pdfzen API key). pdfzen renders are executed over HTTP, not streamed in-band over MCP; this tool is the bridge.", 'tags': [], 'examples': None, 'input_modes': None, 'output_modes': None}; uptime_30d 1.0%; p95 837.0ms; conformance: pass

How to connect

https://api.pdfzen.site/mcp

curl -X POST https://api.pdfzen.site/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{}}'