PDFMonkey MCP. Build and manage professional PDFs from data, right in the chat.

PDFMonkey MCP Server - Generate Documents from Templates

This server lets your AI client handle every step of document creation—from template selection to final download—without you ever leaving your chat window. You use it when you need to generate professional PDFs on the fly by feeding live JSON data into pre-built HTML and CSS templates.

We're talking serious, high-volume automation here. Forget juggling separate editors or file folders. This tool coordinates an entire document lifecycle programmatically. generate_pdf starts the process; you give it a template ID and the dynamic JSON payload, and your agent spins up the job.

Building Your Document Workflow

You need to create documents? You initiate new PDF jobs using generate_pdf. For existing files, if the data changes but the structure stays the same, you modify them with update_document.

Before you generate anything, you gotta know what templates you got. Run list_templates to see every single document type available on your account. If you need deep details about one specific template—say, its required fields or structure—you use get_template with its unique ID. You can also organize your work by listing project workspaces using list_workspaces, and then grab the metadata for any single container with get_workspace.

Tracking and Fixing Files

Generating a PDF isn't instant; it's an async job. To know if it’s ready, you check its status using check_pdf_status, feeding it the job ID so your agent knows what to look for. You can also peek at all recent files and their basic status by running list_generated_documents. If the initial data was wrong, or maybe a template needs a tweak, you don't start over; you just force a rerun using regenerate_document.

Getting the Goods (and Cleaning Up)

Once that PDF is done? You gotta get it. After generation, you call get_pdf_details. This tool pulls back all the metadata—file size, confirmation of what was created, and, most importantly, the secure, temporary download URL. That link lets your agent pass the file right to you within the chat flow.

If a document is junk or you just need to wipe it clean from storage, delete_generated_pdf permanently removes that specific ID.

Here's how this works in practice: You tell your agent what you need—say, 'Generate Q3 invoices for these clients.' Your agent uses the tools to pull the template list, selects the right one, feeds it the JSON data payload via generate_pdf, monitors the status with check_pdf_status until it clears, and then uses get_pdf_details to hand you the final download link.

It's a closed loop, done entirely through your conversation.