Platemark MCP Server

by rowhousesoftware Your server? Claim it

answering

Platemark is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. It exposes 9 tools.

Render API: chart images, invoice and receipt PDFs with the math done, social images and video.

Uptime history 34 hours of history

34 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

221 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 9

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 9 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

9 Nov 5 tools appeared render_chart, render_document, render_invoice and 2 more

9 Nov 2 tool descriptions were rewritten account_status, create_account

9 Nov a tool changed version2 times that day

and 1 more, back to 9 November 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Platemark 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 8 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add platemark --transport http https://platemark.rowhousesoftware.com/mcp

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

https://platemark.rowhousesoftware.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.platemark]
url = "https://platemark.rowhousesoftware.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "platemark": {
      "url": "https://platemark.rowhousesoftware.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "platemark": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://platemark.rowhousesoftware.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 9

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

render

render_chart

Turn numbers into a clean chart PNG: bar, horizontal_bar, stacked_bar, line, area, pie or donut. Returns the image, a link that works for a year (for emails, docs, Slack or markdown) and one-sentence alt text describing the data. Axes, number formatting, colors and labels are handled; pass the data and a title. Costs 1 credit.

render_document

Make a PDF of another kind: quote (estimate with valid-until date), receipt (marked Paid), certificate (completion or award, with signatures) or letter (offer letters, notices). Pass the type and its fields; quotes and receipts take the same fields as render_invoice. Returns a PDF link. Costs 2 credits.

render_image

Fill a template's slots and get back a finished PNG. Text shrinks to fit its box. Image slots take an https PNG, JPG or GIF URL under 4 MB. Leave a slot out to keep its sample. Costs 1 credit.

render_invoice

Make a professional invoice PDF and get a link to it. Send the line items and rates; Platemark does the math (subtotal, discount, tax, shipping, amount paid, amount due) in exact cents and formats money for the currency. Returns the PDF link, page count and the totals it used. Costs 2 credits.

render_video

Make an MP4 (up to 90 seconds) from scenes: each scene is a filled image template or an https photo, shown for some seconds with a slow zoom or pan, joined by fades, with optional music. Returns a job id at once; call video_status with it until the status is done (usually 15 to 60 seconds) to get the MP4 link. Costs half a credit per second, rounded up.

account

account_status

Plan and credits left for the connected key. Call it before a batch of renders to check there are enough credits.

create_account

Make a free Platemark account (100 credits a month for images, PDFs and video, small watermark) and return its API key. The key is shown once; tell the user to save it and add it to this server's Authorization header.

templates

list_templates

List Platemark image templates with their size and the slots each one takes. Call this first to pick a template and see slot names.

video

video_status

Status of a render_video job: queued, rendering, done (with the MP4 link, kept 30 days) or failed (credits refunded).

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://platemark.rowhousesoftware.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	179 ms	8 min ago

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Platemark — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Platemark do?

It exposes 9 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: account_status, create_account, list_templates, render_chart, render_document, render_image and 3 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 Platemark mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around render and account. 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 Platemark 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 221 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Platemark?

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 Platemark need an API key?

No. Platemark completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 9 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Platemark?

It answers our handshake in 221 ms on average, which is faster than 61% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.