Name: FileToPDF
Author: FileToPDF

LABSCO SUMMARY

The only local part of this is where the file lands: rendering happens on FileToPDF's service and is metered per conversion.

That trade buys a real Chromium renderer and PDF/A conformance without a headless browser or a TeX stack on your machine, and get_account is honest enough about the meter to be free and to be the recommended first call after a failure. It also sets the boundary. Every document you convert leaves the machine, and convert_file needs its source at a public URL, so an internal wiki page or a file behind a VPN has to come in through convert_html or convert_markdown as a string instead. The key can be had at filetopdf.dev with 10 free conversions and no signup, which is enough to find out whether the output matches your template before any of that matters.

What it is

A hosted conversion server, exposing 4 tools that render a public URL, an HTML string or a Markdown string into a PDF and write it to a path you choose.

What you get

Input shapes resolved by one engine selection: convert_file takes a public URL and picks the converter from the file extension, covering Office documents such as DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, RTF, TXT and CSV, images such as PNG, JPG and WebP, web pages and HTML files, Markdown files, and existing PDFs which pass through unchanged.
Rendering from strings rather than files: convert_html renders raw HTML through a real Chromium engine, with optional css injected into the document head; convert_markdown renders a Markdown string and applies a default stylesheet unless CSS is supplied.
Print-level layout on the string inputs: paperWidth and paperHeight, marginTop, marginRight, marginBottom and marginLeft, landscape, scale, preferCssPageSize, printBackground and nativePageRanges.
Output that has to satisfy someone else: pdfa and pdfua conformance flags, and userPassword with ownerPassword for encryption, on the conversion tools.
A local landing place: save_path decides where the rendered PDF is written.
Accounting you can check for free: get_account returns the plan, the conversion credits left and subscription status, never costs a credit, and is the call that tells you whether a failed conversion simply ran out.

Requirements

A FileToPDF API key, supplied as FILETOPDF_API_KEY, and credits on the account behind it — get_account reports the plan and what is left. convert_file additionally needs the source document to be reachable at a public URL.

Setup effort

One command plus a key — claude mcp add filetopdf -e FILETOPDF_API_KEY=<YOUR_FILETOPDF_API_KEY> -- npx -y filetopdf-mcp

See installation options

USE CASES

01

Turning an agent's written report into something you can send

Render the Markdown it produced straight to a PDF, with your own stylesheet if the default is not the house style.

convert_markdownget_account

02

Generating an invoice from a template

Render the filled HTML through Chromium so the layout is the one you designed, at the paper size and margins the recipient expects.

convert_html

03

Converting a document somebody linked you

Point the converter at the URL and let the extension decide the engine, whether it is an Office file, an image or a web page.

convert_fileget_account

04

Producing a PDF that has to satisfy an archive or a recipient

Ask for the conformance profile the archive requires, and set the passwords before the file ever leaves your machine's folder.

convert_htmlconvert_file

4 tools

Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.

`convert_file`

Convert a document at a public URL into a PDF. Handles Office documents (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, RTF, TXT, CSV…), images (PNG, JPG, WebP…), web pages/HTML files, Markdown files, and existing PDFs (passthrough) — the conversion engine is auto-detected from the file extension. Use this when the source lives at a URL; for raw HTML or Markdown strings use convert_html / convert_markdown instead. Returns the PDF as an embedded application/pdf resource (optionally also written to disk via save_path). Costs 1 credit on success; failed conversions are free.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL

What to know first

Tools you get

4 tools when we connected. Starter and Basic plans reject options such as landscape, margins, scale, pdfa and passwords. Each conversion costs 1 credit; get_account and errors are free.

Requires

npx on PATH
FILETOPDF_API_KEY in your environment

Where it runs

Of the 6 documented clients, 5 run the server on your machine and 1 connects to a hosted endpoint.

CONTEXT COST

Light Standing cost

Rated by the size of the 4 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are

INSTALLATION

Connect your client

Server setup

claude mcp add

Claude Code

TERMINAL

claude mcp add filetopdf -e FILETOPDF_API_KEY=<YOUR_FILETOPDF_API_KEY> -- npx -y filetopdf-mcp

Hosted endpoint

ENDPOINT URL

https://api.filetopdf.dev/mcp

Add this hosted endpoint to your MCP client using the credentials listed under Requirements.

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop, Cline, Cursor

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filetopdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "filetopdf-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FILETOPDF_API_KEY": "<YOUR_FILETOPDF_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

VS CODE · JSON

{
  "servers": {
    "filetopdf": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "filetopdf-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FILETOPDF_API_KEY": "<YOUR_FILETOPDF_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Any MCP client

ANY MCP CLIENT · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filetopdf": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://api.filetopdf.dev/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "<YOUR_FILETOPDF_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Clients spell the "type" value differently: Claude Code and VS Code use "http", Cline uses "streamableHttp", and Roo Code uses "streamable-http". Claude Desktop does not accept a URL entry in its config file; remote servers go under Settings → Connectors.

FileToPDF

The only local part of this is where the file lands: rendering happens on FileToPDF's service and is metered per conversion.

What it is

What you get

Requirements

Setup effort

Turning an agent's written report into something you can send

Generating an invoice from a template

Converting a document somebody linked you

Producing a PDF that has to satisfy an archive or a recipient

4 tools

`convert_file`

`convert_html`

`convert_markdown`

`get_account`

What to know first

Tools you get

Requires

Where it runs

Light Standing cost

Connect your client

Server setup

claude mcp add

Claude Code

Hosted endpoint

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop, Cline, Cursor

VS Code

Any MCP client

FileToPDF

The only local part of this is where the file lands: rendering happens on FileToPDF's service and is metered per conversion.

What it is

What you get

Requirements

Setup effort

Turning an agent's written report into something you can send

Generating an invoice from a template

Converting a document somebody linked you

Producing a PDF that has to satisfy an archive or a recipient

4 tools

convert_file

convert_html

convert_markdown

get_account

What to know first

Tools you get

Requires

Where it runs

Light Standing cost

Connect your client

Server setup

claude mcp add

Claude Code

Hosted endpoint

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop, Cline, Cursor

VS Code

Any MCP client

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