PaperType runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 15 installs a week from npm.
Render Markdown, HTML or invoice/certificate/report templates to PDF files via the PaperType API.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check PaperType 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
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add papertype-mcp -e 'PAPERTYPE_API_KEY=<PAPERTYPE_API_KEY>' -- npx -y papertype-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"papertype-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"papertype-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PAPERTYPE_API_KEY": "<PAPERTYPE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.papertype-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "papertype-mcp"]
env = { PAPERTYPE_API_KEY = "<PAPERTYPE_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"papertype-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"papertype-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PAPERTYPE_API_KEY": "<PAPERTYPE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"papertype-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"papertype-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PAPERTYPE_API_KEY": "<PAPERTYPE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<PAPERTYPE_API_KEY> (PaperType API key (dp_...). Get one at https://papertype.dev/signup).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR (Directory where rendered PDFs are saved. Default: the OS temp dir + /papertype), PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL (API origin. Default https://papertype.dev; change only for test deployments).
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PaperType — questions
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