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Pdfcrowd Mcp Pdf Export MCP Server

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Create polished, professional PDFs from a single prompt. Documentation, reports, charts, and more.

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Create polished, professional PDFs from a single prompt. Documentation, reports, charts, and more.

Security Report

2.0
Use Caution2.0Critical Risk

Valid MCP server (2 strong, 3 medium validity signals). 8 known CVEs in dependencies (1 critical, 5 high severity) Package registry verified. Imported from the Official MCP Registry.

8 files analyzed · 9 issues found

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file_system

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env_vars

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Unverified package source

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What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

PDFCrowd username for watermark-free output. Can also be set in ~/.pdfcrowd-mcp.Optional

Environment variable: PDFCROWD_USERNAME

PDFCrowd API key for watermark-free output. Can also be set in ~/.pdfcrowd-mcp.Required

Environment variable: PDFCROWD_API_KEY

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-pdfcrowd-pdfcrowd-mcp-pdf-export": {
      "env": {
        "PDFCROWD_API_KEY": "your-pdfcrowd-api-key-here",
        "PDFCROWD_USERNAME": "your-pdfcrowd-username-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pdfcrowd-mcp-pdf-export"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

Claude Code Codex Gemini CLI npm version

PDF Export for AI Agents

Well-designed PDFs from a single prompt. Describe what you need, get a professional document.

Powered by PDFCrowd. Learn more →

Example

Analyze this project and create a comprehensive architecture overview PDF.
Include component diagrams and data flow. Save to architecture-overview.pdf

Architecture Overview

More examples →

Configuration

Prerequisites: Node.js 18 or later.

Claude Code

Option A — Install as a plugin (Recommended):

/plugin marketplace add pdfcrowd/pdfcrowd-mcp-pdf-export
/plugin install pdfcrowd-export-pdf@pdfcrowd

Option B — Register the MCP server:

claude mcp add --scope user pdfcrowd-export-pdf -- npx -y pdfcrowd-mcp-pdf-export

Or add the equivalent JSON to ~/.claude.json (user scope) or .mcp.json (project scope):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfcrowd-export-pdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pdfcrowd-mcp-pdf-export"]
    }
  }
}

Codex CLI

codex mcp add pdfcrowd-export-pdf -- npx -y pdfcrowd-mcp-pdf-export

Or add manually to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.pdfcrowd-export-pdf]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "pdfcrowd-mcp-pdf-export"]

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add -s user pdfcrowd-export-pdf npx -y pdfcrowd-mcp-pdf-export

Or add manually to ~/.gemini/settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfcrowd-export-pdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pdfcrowd-mcp-pdf-export"]
    }
  }
}

Notes

  • Restart your CLI after configuration to load the server

Personal Credentials

Get started right away — no credentials or signup needed. Output includes a watermark. For watermark-free PDFs, sign up for personal credentials.

Personal credentials can be set in:

  1. Config file ~/.pdfcrowd-mcp:
    PDFCROWD_USERNAME=your_username
    PDFCROWD_API_KEY=your_api_key
    
  2. Environment variables PDFCROWD_USERNAME and PDFCROWD_API_KEY.

Privacy

Your source code never leaves your machine — only the rendered document is sent to PDFCrowd for PDF conversion.

License

MIT

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