PDF Export for AI Agents

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

Example

Code

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

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Configuration

Prerequisites: Node.js 18 or later.

Claude Code

Option A — Install as a plugin (Recommended):

Code

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

Option B — Register the MCP server:

Terminal

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):

config.json

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

Codex CLI

Code

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

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

toml

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

Gemini CLI

Code

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

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

config.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:

Config file ~/.pdfcrowd-mcp:

Code

PDFCROWD_USERNAME=your_username
PDFCROWD_API_KEY=your_api_key

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