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pdfrender MCP server

pdfrender is an MCP server with 1 tool an agent can call, among them render_html_to_pdf. It answers at https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/ over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 10 of 10 times since 5 September 2026; the last check, on 18 October 2026, succeeded.

Status
Answering
Tools
1
Official
yes, served from pdfrender.dev
Reliability
10 of 10 checks
Response time
151 ms
Transport
streamable HTTP
Last checked
18 October 2026

HTML and CSS to PDF MCP server with page headers, footers and page numbers. No headless browser.

Description as the publisher wrote it.

The 1 tool pdfrender offers

ToolWhat it does
render_html_to_pdfRender an HTML document to a PDF, returned base64-encoded. `html` is a complete HTML string. Inline any images, fonts and CSS as `data:` URIs — external http(s) resources are not fetched, and no JavaScript is executed (HTML + CSS only). Ret
Inputs: html

Add pdfrender to your AI client

Every block below points at https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/. Pick your client and copy.

Claude Code: one command in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http pdfrender https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/
Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"]
    }
  }
}
Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json in a project
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "url": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
VS Code and GitHub Copilot: .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
Zed: Zed settings.json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "url": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
Windsurf: ~/.codeium/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
JetBrains AI Assistant: Settings, Tools, AI Assistant, MCP, New MCP Server, as JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "url": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
Continue: .continue/mcpServers/neuronto.yaml
name: Pdfrender
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
  - name: Pdfrender
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/
Gemini CLI: ~/.gemini/settings.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
Codex CLI: MCP server config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
Warp: MCP servers, + Add, paste JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "url": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
Goose: a one-click extension link
goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.pdfrender.dev%2Fmcp%2F&type=streamable_http&id=pdfrender&name=Pdfrender

Is pdfrender up right now?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 151 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.

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Questions about pdfrender

Is there an official pdfrender MCP server?

Yes. It is published by pdfrender.dev and served from api.pdfrender.dev, the vendor's own domain: https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/.

How many tools does pdfrender have?

1, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 31 August 2026: render_html_to_pdf.

Is pdfrender down?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 151 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10.

How do I add pdfrender to Cursor?

Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.

Does pdfrender need an API key?

It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.

Where this comes from

Publisher: dev.pdfrender. Endpoint host: api.pdfrender.dev. ARD identifier: urn:air:dev.pdfrender:mcp:pdfrender. First indexed 31 August 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.

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