PDFShift MCP Server

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PDFShift is answering right now. Last checked 13 min ago. It exposes 11 tools.

A remote MCP server to convert HTML documents (URL or raw source) to PDF or screenshots

Uptime history 49 hours of history

49 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

183 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check PDFShift every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add pdfshift --transport http https://api.pdfshift.io/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://api.pdfshift.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.pdfshift]
url = "https://api.pdfshift.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfshift": {
      "url": "https://api.pdfshift.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "pdfshift": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.pdfshift.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 11

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

template

create_template

Create a new reusable HTML template.

delete_template

Delete a template by its slug.

get_template

Get the raw HTML content of a template by its slug.

update_template

Update the name and/or HTML content of an existing template.

convert

convert

Convert an HTML document or a URL to a PDF, PNG, JPEG or WEBP file. Returns a temporary download URL (valid ~2 days).

credits

credits_usage

Get the current credit usage for the account (remaining, total, used).

generate

generate_from_template

Render a saved template to HTML, PDF, PNG, JPEG or WEBP. Document formats return a temporary download URL; html returns the rendered markup. Pass template variables and any conversion option as extra properties.

log

get_log

Get a single conversion log by its request id.

logs

list_logs

List recent conversion logs for the account.

pricing

pricing

List the available PDFShift plans and their pricing (credits, price, overage, monthly/yearly). Custom plans specific to the account are included when authenticated.

templates

list_templates

List all saved HTML templates for the account.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://api.pdfshift.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	194 ms	13 min ago

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PDFShift — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can PDFShift do?

It exposes 11 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: convert, create_template, credits_usage, delete_template, generate_from_template, get_log and 5 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is PDFShift working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 183 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect PDFShift?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does PDFShift need an API key?

No. PDFShift completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 11 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is PDFShift?

It answers our handshake in 183 ms on average, which is faster than 75% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.