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Rendlet PDF MCP Server

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Rendlet PDF is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 5 tools.

HTML or JSON templates (invoice, itinerary) to PDF. Free plan: 100 documents/month.

Uptime history 15 days of history · worst day 1%
15 days agonow
49.5%
Uptime 24h
45 of 91 checks
5
Tools
read from the server
305 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 2 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

2 Nov a tool description was rewritten get_pricing

Rendlet PDF does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 36.2% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add pdf --transport http https://rendlet.com/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://rendlet.com/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.pdf]
url = "https://rendlet.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf": {
      "url": "https://rendlet.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "pdf": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://rendlet.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

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

capabilities
list_capabilities
Use first to learn what Rendlet can render and which tools are free. Inputs: none. Output: JSON listing tools, input modes (HTML, built-in invoice/itinerary templates), page sizes, limits per plan, auth method and links. Cost: free, no key.
html
html_to_pdf
Use to produce a real, full-quality PDF from HTML (reports, receipts, letters). Inputs: "html" (required), "format" (A4|Letter|Legal|A3|A5), "landscape", "margin" (CSS length), "filename". Rendered by headless Chromium with JavaScript disabled; only data: URIs and public https assets load; Chinese text supported. Output: the PDF as an embedded base64 resource plus pages, bytes and remaining quota. Requires "Authorization: Bearer <key>" (or "sandbox" for a watermarked 1-page trial, 5/day). Without a usable key it returns a 402 payment_required result with buy links. Cost: 1 document from your monthly plan (free key: 100/month), or 1 prepaid credit after the cap.
preview
preview_pdf
Use to show what a document will look like before paying or signing up. Inputs: optional "html" (string, up to 50 KB; omit to preview the built-in sample invoice). Output: a 1-page low-resolution, PREVIEW-watermarked PDF (rasterized first A4 page) as an embedded base64 resource. Not for production use. Cost: free, no key, 3 previews per IP per day.
pricing
get_pricing
Use when the user asks about price, hits a quota, or needs more documents. Inputs: none. Output: JSON with the free key, monthly plans with Stripe links, prepaid credit packs with Stripe Payment Links, and the cost of each tool. Cost: free, no key.
render
render_template
Use when you have structured data for an invoice or travel itinerary and want a clean PDF without writing HTML. Inputs: "template" ("invoice": seller, buyer, items, tax_rate, currency; "itinerary": trip, days), "data" (object; full examples at GET https://rendlet.com/v1/templates), "filename". Output: the PDF as an embedded base64 resource plus pages and remaining quota. Same auth and 402 behaviour as html_to_pdf. Cost: 1 document from your monthly plan, or 1 prepaid credit after the cap.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://rendlet.com/mcp streamable-http answering 62 ms 12 min ago

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Rendlet PDF — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Rendlet PDF do?
It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_pricing, html_to_pdf, list_capabilities, preview_pdf, render_template. 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 Rendlet PDF working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 45 of 91 checks got a reply (49.5%), average response time 305 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists Rendlet PDF as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect Rendlet PDF?
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 Rendlet PDF need an API key?
No. Rendlet PDF completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Rendlet PDF?
It answers our handshake in 305 ms on average, which is faster than 47% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.