How do I install FileToPDF?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does FileToPDF need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: FILETOPDF_API_KEY.

What transport does FileToPDF use?

FileToPDF is reached over HTTP.

When was FileToPDF last checked?

Last checked 2026-10-21. Convert files, HTML, and Markdown to PDF via the FileToPDF API. Bring your own API key.

FileToPDF MCP server

A Model Context Protocol server for FileToPDF. It lets any MCP client — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, VS Code, ChatGPT, n8n, Make, or your own agent — convert files, HTML, and Markdown to PDF through natural language: invoices, reports, documentation, DOCX/XLSX/PPTX, images, web pages, and more.

Bring your own API key — get one free, in one click, at https://filetopdf.dev (10 free conversions, no signup required).

Tools

Tool	What it does
`get_account`	Check the API key and show plan + remaining credits. Free, no credits used.
`convert_file`	Convert a file from a public URL (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, images, HTML, MD, PDF…) to PDF.
`convert_html`	Render a raw HTML string (with optional CSS + layout options) to a pixel-perfect PDF via Chromium.
`convert_markdown`	Render a raw Markdown string (with optional CSS + layout options) to a clean PDF.

Each convert tool returns a metadata summary and the PDF as an embedded application/pdf resource (base64), so capable clients can save the file. Set the FILETOPDF_OUTPUT_DIR env var, or pass save_path, to also write the PDF to disk.

Layout options (landscape, paperWidth/Height, margins, scale, pdfa, passwords, …) are available on Pro, Scale, and the free trial; on Starter/Basic they return an upgrade error. Each successful conversion costs 1 credit; errors are free.

Quick start (local / stdio)

Cursor — one-click install: Add to Cursor (then replace the placeholder with your key).

Claude Desktop / Cline / any stdio client — add to the MCP config (claude_desktop_config.json, cline_mcp_settings.json, …):

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

Claude Code:

claude mcp add filetopdf -e FILETOPDF_API_KEY=sk_live_YOUR_API_KEY -- npx -y filetopdf-mcp

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json or via MCP: Add Server):

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

Hosted / remote (Streamable HTTP) — no install

A hosted endpoint is available at https://api.filetopdf.dev/mcp. Authenticate with your own key via the x-api-key header, an Authorization: Bearer header, or an ?apiKey= query parameter.

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

This is also the URL to paste into any platform with an MCP client step — n8n (MCP Client Tool), Make (MCP Client), Zapier (MCP Client beta), Relay.app (Call MCP tool), Flowise, Langflow, Dify, LibreChat, AnythingLLM, or agent frameworks (OpenAI Agents SDK, LangChain, CrewAI, Vercel AI SDK).

To self-host instead:

npm run build && npm run start:http   # listens on $PORT (default 8080) at /mcp

A Dockerfile is included for container hosting (Smithery, Fly, Render, Cloud Run).

Develop & test

npm install
npm run build          # tsc -> dist/
npm test               # spawns the built stdio server, runs a live conversion

npm test reads FILETOPDF_API_KEY, or API_KEY= from a gitignored .env.

License

MIT