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APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 1 min ago. It exposes 10 tools. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.

Generate PDFs and images with APITemplate.io from templates, HTML, Markdown or a URL.

Uptime history 14 days of history

14 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

319 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 25 Oct 2026

What changed 12

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 13 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

25 Oct a tool changed version3 times that day

24 Oct a tool changed version3 times that day

23 Oct a tool changed version

22 Oct a tool changed version

20 Oct a tool changed version3 times that day

13 Oct a tool changed version

and 6 more, back to 13 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi 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 apitemplate --transport http https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp

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

https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.apitemplate]
url = "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apitemplate": {
      "url": "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "apitemplate": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 10

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

apitemplate

apitemplate_create_image

WRITE: renders one image (JPEG and PNG) from a saved image template, changing the named layers with overrides (e.g. [{"name":"text_1","text":"Hello"},{"name":"image_1","src":"https://..."}]), and returns the hosted download URLs (never the file bytes). COST: uses 1 generation of your APITemplate.io plan quota per call (see apitemplate_get_account). Do not retry or repeat it unless needed; every call is counted. POST /v2/create-image.

apitemplate_create_pdf

WRITE: renders one PDF from a saved PDF template and your JSON data (the keys the template uses, e.g. invoice_number, items), and returns the hosted download_url (never the file bytes). Synchronous. COST: uses 1 generation of your APITemplate.io plan quota per call (see apitemplate_get_account). Do not retry or repeat it unless needed; every call is counted. POST /v2/create-pdf (export_type=json).

apitemplate_create_pdf_from_html

WRITE: renders one PDF from HTML (Jinja2 placeholders like {{name}} are filled from data), without a saved template, and returns the hosted download_url (never the file bytes). COST: uses 1 generation of your APITemplate.io plan quota per call (see apitemplate_get_account). Do not retry or repeat it unless needed; every call is counted. POST /v2/create-pdf-from-html (export_type=json).

apitemplate_create_pdf_from_markdown

WRITE: renders one PDF from Markdown (Jinja2 placeholders like {{lang}} are filled from data) and returns the hosted download_url (never the file bytes). COST: uses 1 generation of your APITemplate.io plan quota per call (see apitemplate_get_account). Do not retry or repeat it unless needed; every call is counted. POST /v2/create-pdf-from-markdown (export_type=json).

apitemplate_create_pdf_from_url

WRITE: APITemplate.io opens one public web page URL and prints it to a PDF, and returns the hosted download_url (never the file bytes). The page is fetched by APITemplate.io, not by this server; pages that need a login cannot be printed. COST: uses 1 generation of your APITemplate.io plan quota per call (see apitemplate_get_account). Do not retry or repeat it unless needed; every call is counted. POST /v2/create-pdf-from-url (export_type=json).

apitemplate_get_account

The APITemplate.io account behind this key: plan, subscription status and period, and the quota: api_quota, api_used, api_remaining (generations), plus the template quota and count. Check api_remaining before generating. GET /v2/account-information.

apitemplate_get_template

One PDF template's HTML body, CSS and print settings (the vendor marks this endpoint experimental, so it can answer with an error for some accounts or image templates). Read-only. GET /v2/get-template.

apitemplate_list_objects

List the PDFs and images generated so far, newest first: transaction_ref, template_id, type (PDF, JPEG or MERGE), your meta reference, the hosted file URLs (primary_url, secondary_url for the PNG) and dates. Files already deleted or expired have deletion_status set. Read-only. GET /v2/list-objects.

apitemplate_list_templates

List the templates of the account (PDF and image): template_id, name, format (PDF or JPEG), status, group and dates. Use the template_id with the create tools. Read-only; templates are never changed. GET /v2/list-templates.

apitemplate_merge_pdfs

WRITE: joins 2-20 PDFs (public http(s) URLs, in the given order, e.g. earlier download_url values) into one PDF and returns the hosted primary_url (never the file bytes). The source files are not changed or deleted. COST: uses 1 generation of your APITemplate.io plan quota per call (see apitemplate_get_account). Do not retry or repeat it unless needed; every call is counted. POST /v2/merge-pdfs (export_type=json).

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	145 ms	1 min ago

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APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 10 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: apitemplate_create_image, apitemplate_create_pdf, apitemplate_create_pdf_from_html, apitemplate_create_pdf_from_markdown, apitemplate_create_pdf_from_url, apitemplate_get_account and 4 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 →

Is APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi 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 319 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi?

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 APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 10 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 319 ms on average, which is faster than 51% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at apitemplate.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.