PolyDoc runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 335 installs a week from npm. Last commit 28 Oct 2026.
HTML/URL to PDF, screenshots, e-invoices. PDF/A and PDF/UA output with optional veraPDF verify.
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Today is the operative word: we check PolyDoc 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 polydoc-mcp -e 'POLYDOC_API_KEY=<POLYDOC_API_KEY>' -- npx -y polydoc-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"polydoc-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"polydoc-mcp"
],
"env": {
"POLYDOC_API_KEY": "<POLYDOC_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.polydoc-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "polydoc-mcp"]
env = { POLYDOC_API_KEY = "<POLYDOC_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"polydoc-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"polydoc-mcp"
],
"env": {
"POLYDOC_API_KEY": "<POLYDOC_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"polydoc-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"polydoc-mcp"
],
"env": {
"POLYDOC_API_KEY": "<POLYDOC_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<POLYDOC_API_KEY> (API key from dashboard.polydoc.tech).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
POLYDOC_SANDBOX (Default sandbox mode (watermarked, does not use production quota). A tool call can override per request. Defaults to false), POLYDOC_BASE_URL (Override for self-hosted or staging use. Defaults to https://api.polydoc.tech), POLYDOC_OUTPUT_DIR (Directory downloads are written to. Defaults to the OS temp dir + /polydoc).
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