# PDF-API.io — MCP server on mcp.ai
> Connect your PDF-API.io account and use 1 tools for documents straight from your AI agent. Connect with your own API key. PDF-API.io offers a dynamic PDF generation API with a drag-and-drop template designer, allowing developers to create customizable PDFs using HTML and CSS.

By: mcp.ai · official
Page: https://mcp.ai/pdf_api_io

## Connect (MCP protocol)
Remote MCP endpoint (HTTP, streamable): https://api.mcp.ai/p_pdf_api_io?ms=1787296020000
Add it as a custom/remote MCP connector, then authenticate when prompted.

## REST API (no MCP client required)
Every tool is also a REST endpoint, authed with a workspace API key.
Discover: GET https://api.mcp.ai/api/pdf_api_io/_endpoints   # public; lists every endpoint
Call:     POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/pdf_api_io/<endpoint>
  Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…   # create one at https://mcp.ai/settings/api-keys
  Content-Type: application/json
  Body: { …args }   →   { "ok": true, "tool": "<id>", "result": { … } }

## Developer docs
How to use (MCP or REST), markdown: https://mcp.ai/pdf_api_io/skill.md
Postman collection (v2.1): https://mcp.ai/pdf_api_io/postman.json

## Tools
- pdf_api_io_list_templates() — Tool to list all available templates. Use after authentication to retrieve user's templates. Returns template metadata only; populating or rendering a template requires additional tool calls. Verify r

## Example prompts
- "What can I do in PDF-API.io?"
- "Show me a summary of my PDF-API.io account"

## Links
Docs: https://mcp.ai/docs/mcps/pdf_api_io
Website: https://mcp.ai/mcps/pdf_api_io