Pdfrender

connects

api.pdfrender.dev

HTML-to-PDF MCP server — render pixel-faithful PDFs from HTML.

https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/WebsiteOAuthMCP 2025-11-25v1last checked 8 Oct 2026spoke MCP on 100% of 89 checks (30 days)initialize in 189 ms

Will my client connect?

Decided from what the probe found at the endpoint, and from what each client's own documentation says it can complete. Every row carries the day that documentation was read.

✓Claude CodeConnects with setup

The registration flow this server advertises is not one Claude Code documents, so register a client with the issuer yourself and give Claude Code the client ID.

claude mcp add --transport http --client-id <your-client-id> --client-secret --callback-port 8080 pdfrender https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/

Claude Code docs · read on 2026-08-30

✓Claude (claude.ai & Desktop)Connects with setup

The registration flow this server advertises is not one Claude (claude.ai & Desktop) documents, so register a client with the issuer yourself and give Claude (claude.ai & Desktop) the client ID.

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/. Under Advanced settings, enter the OAuth Client ID and Secret the issuer gave you.

Claude (claude.ai & Desktop) docs · read on 2026-08-30

✓ChatGPTConnects

The authorization server supports Client ID Metadata Documents, so ChatGPT identifies itself by URL with no registration step.

Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode, then create a connector pointing at https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/.

ChatGPT docs · read on 2026-08-30

✓CursorConnects with setup

The registration flow this server advertises is not one Cursor documents, so register a client with the issuer yourself and give Cursor the client ID.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "url": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Cursor docs · read on 2026-08-30

✓VS Code (Copilot)Connects with setup

The registration flow this server advertises is not one VS Code (Copilot) documents, so register a client with the issuer yourself and give VS Code (Copilot) the client ID.

{
  "servers": {
    "pdfrender": {
      "oauth": {
        "clientId": "<your-client-id>"
      },
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.pdfrender.dev/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot) docs · read on 2026-08-30

How to authenticate

Checked against the endpoint by our probe on 8 Oct 2026. These are the capabilities the server advertises, not a prediction about any particular client.

Scheme	OAuth
Issuer	https://pdfrender.dev/api/auth
Dynamic client registration	✕Not advertised
Client ID Metadata Document	✓Supported A client identifies itself by a URL to its own metadata, so no registration step is required.
PKCE	✓S256
Grant types	authorization_code, refresh_token
Scopes	openid, profile, email, offline_access
Protected-resource metadata	✓Published (RFC 9728)
Anonymous access	Handshake succeeds; 1 tools listable

What the probe found

1 tool usable without signing in

The server exposes a public surface before authorization: render_html_to_pdf.