PreteWorks API MCP Server

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PreteWorks API is answering right now. Last checked 1 min ago. It exposes 29 tools.

One key for the document-to-web pipeline: scrape, AI-extract, build & edit PDFs, fill forms.

Uptime history 63 days of history · worst day 96%

63 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

1486 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 13

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 8 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

8 Sep 7 tools appeared answer_from_document, batch_scrape, crawl_site and 4 more

8 Sep 5 tool descriptions were rewritten extract_data, merge_pdfs, rotate_pdf and 2 more

8 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for extract_data

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check PreteWorks API 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 1 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add preteworks-api --transport http https://api.preteworks.com/mcp

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

https://api.preteworks.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.preteworks-api]
url = "https://api.preteworks.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "preteworks-api": {
      "url": "https://api.preteworks.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "preteworks-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.preteworks.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 29

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

pdf

pdf_info

Read a PDF's metadata (title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer, dates) plus page count and page size, as JSON.

read_pdf_form

List a PDF's form fields (name, type, value, options) as JSON.

set_pdf_metadata

Set a PDF's title, author, subject, keywords (array or comma string) and/or creator. Only the fields you provide change. Returns a file_id + ~1h URL.

url

read_url

Fetch a public http/https URL and return its main content as clean Markdown — ideal for giving an agent readable web content for research or RAG. Private/internal hosts are blocked.

url_to_pdf

Fetch a public http/https URL and render the live page to a PDF. Returns a file_id (chainable into the PDF tools) and a ~1h download URL. Private/internal hosts are blocked.

url_to_screenshot

Fetch a public http/https URL and capture a PNG screenshot. Set full_page for the entire scroll height. Returns a file_id and a ~1h download URL.

docx

docx_to_pdf

Convert a .docx document (base64) to a PDF. Returns a file_id and a ~1h URL.

docx_to_text

Extract the text of a .docx document (base64). Returns the text inline.

extract

extract_data

Extract specified fields from a web page, PDF, or Office file as JSON, using AI. Provide 'fields' plus ONE source: a 'url', a 'pdf' (file_id or base64), or a 'file' (base64 .docx/.xlsx/.csv). Returns a JSON object mapping each field to its value, or null when absent.

extract_pdf_text

Extract the text content of a PDF — for RAG, summarization, or search. Accepts a file_id (from a prior tool) or a base64-encoded PDF, and returns the text inline. Not OCR: a scanned/image-only PDF returns little or no text.

render

render_document

Render a structured document to a PDF from a named template (invoice, receipt, report). Money/totals are computed for you. Returns a file_id (for chaining) and a ~1h download URL.

render_html_to_pdf

Render a full HTML document to a PDF. External subresources are blocked for safety — inline images/fonts as data: URIs. Returns a file_id (for chaining) and a ~1h download URL.

answer

answer_from_document

Answer a question grounded ONLY in a source document — a web page, PDF, Office file, or raw text. Provide 'question' plus ONE source: 'url', 'pdf', 'file' (base64), or 'text'. Says so when the answer isn't in the document.

batch

batch_scrape

Fetch up to 10 public URLs and return each as clean Markdown, in one call — for research/RAG over several pages at once. Private/internal hosts are blocked.

crawl

crawl_site

Fetch a URL plus up to 7 more same-origin pages it links to (≤8 total), each as clean Markdown. Bounded and synchronous. Private/internal hosts are blocked.

data

data_to_spreadsheet

Turn rows of data into a downloadable XLSX (default) or CSV. 'rows' is an array of objects (keys → header row) or an array of arrays (first row is the header). Returns a file_id (for chaining) and a ~1h download URL.

file

file_to_markdown

Convert a Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx) or CSV file (base64) into clean Markdown — for RAG, agents and pipelines. DOCX keeps headings/lists/tables; spreadsheets become Markdown tables (one per sheet). Returns Markdown inline. Optional 'format' (docx|xlsx|csv) overrides auto-detection.

fill

fill_pdf_form

Fill a PDF's form fields from a map of field -> value; optionally flatten. Returns a file_id and a ~1h URL.

images

images_to_pdf

Combine PNG/JPEG images (base64) into a PDF, one image per page. Returns a file_id and a ~1h URL.

map

map_site

Discover the same-origin URLs linked from a page — the site map, with no page content fetched. Private/internal hosts are blocked.

markdown

markdown_to_pdf

Render Markdown to a clean, print-styled PDF. Returns a file_id and a ~1h URL.

merge

merge_pdfs

Combine 2+ PDFs into a single PDF, in the order given. Inputs are file_ids (from prior tools) or base64 PDFs. Returns a file_id (for chaining) and a ~1h download URL.

number

number_pdf

Stamp a page number on every page. position: bottom-center (default) | bottom-left | bottom-right | top-center | top-left | top-right. format supports {n} and {total}. Returns a file_id + ~1h URL.

rotate

rotate_pdf

Rotate every page of a PDF by 90, 180, or 270 degrees (clockwise). Returns a file_id (for chaining) and a ~1h download URL.

scrape

scrape_page

Fetch a public http/https URL and return its rendered HTML, the links on the page, and page metadata (title/description/OpenGraph/canonical/favicon) — in one render. For clean Markdown use read_url instead. Private/internal hosts are blocked.

select

select_pages

Keep only the specified pages of a PDF (e.g. [1,3,5]) and drop the rest, preserving order. Returns a file_id (for chaining) and a ~1h download URL.

split

split_pdf

Split a PDF into multiple PDFs — one per page by default, or by page ranges like '1-3;4-6'. Returns a file_id + URL per part.

summarize

summarize_document

Summarize a web page, PDF, Office file (.docx/.xlsx/.csv), or raw text using AI. Provide ONE source: 'url', 'pdf' (file_id or base64), 'file' (base64), or 'text'. Optional 'max_words'. Returns the summary.

watermark

watermark_pdf

Stamp a diagonal grey text watermark (e.g. "DRAFT", "CONFIDENTIAL") across every page of a PDF. Returns a file_id (for chaining) and a ~1h download URL.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://api.preteworks.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	1734 ms	1 min ago

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PreteWorks API — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can PreteWorks API do?

It exposes 29 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: answer_from_document, batch_scrape, crawl_site, data_to_spreadsheet, docx_to_pdf, docx_to_text and 23 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 →

What is PreteWorks API mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around pdf, url and docx. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is PreteWorks API working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 1486 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect PreteWorks API?

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 PreteWorks API need an API key?

No. PreteWorks API completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 29 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is PreteWorks API?

It answers our handshake in 1486 ms on average, which is faster than 1% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.