Use Cases
Workflow Automation

Automate PDF Generation

Connect pdf-mcp with your favorite automation platforms. Generate invoices, reports, and certificates automatically — no code required.

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Supported Platforms

Works with all major workflow automation tools

Most Flexible

n8n

The most flexible and AI native automation platform

  • Self-hosted or cloud deployment
  • Visual workflow builder
  • 400+ integrations
  • Code-based customization
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Visual Builder

Make (Integromat)

Visual automation platform with advanced data transformation

  • Powerful visual editor
  • Scenario branching logic
  • Real-time execution
  • Data transformation tools
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Basic Needs

Zapier

Simple automation platform for basic workflow needs

  • 5,000+ app integrations
  • Multi-step workflows (Zaps)
  • Easy no-code setup
  • Paths and filters
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What You Can Automate

Common workflows teams build with pdf-mcp

Invoice Generation

Automatically generate professional PDF invoices when orders are placed in your e-commerce platform or when you mark time entries as complete.

Trigger New order in Shopify / WooCommerce
Action Generate PDF invoice, email to customer, save to Drive
Report Automation

Create weekly or monthly reports from your data sources. Pull data from Google Sheets, databases, or APIs and render beautiful PDF reports.

Trigger Scheduled (weekly/monthly)
Action Fetch data, generate PDF report, distribute to stakeholders
Certificate Creation

Issue certificates for course completions, event attendance, or achievements. Personalize each certificate with recipient details.

Trigger Course completion in LMS
Action Generate personalized certificate, email to recipient
Contract Documents

Generate contracts, proposals, and agreements with dynamic content from your CRM. Include customer details, pricing, and terms automatically.

Trigger Deal stage change in CRM
Action Generate contract PDF, send for signature
Form Submissions

Convert form responses into formatted PDF documents. Perfect for applications, registrations, or data collection workflows.

Trigger New form submission (Typeform, Google Forms)
Action Generate PDF summary, store in database, notify team
Batch Processing

Process multiple documents in batch. Generate hundreds of personalized PDFs from a spreadsheet or database in minutes.

Trigger Upload CSV / Spreadsheet update
Action Loop through records, generate PDFs, package and deliver

How It Works

Get started in 4 simple steps

1

Get Your API Key

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2

Create Your Workflow

Set up your trigger in n8n, Make, or Zapier. Connect to your data source.

3

Add HTTP Request

Add an HTTP request action pointing to our API. Pass your HTML template.

4

Handle Response

Receive the PDF as base64 or download URL. Route it to your destination.

Integration Examples

Copy-paste configurations for your platform

Invoice Generation

generate-invoice.sh 
# Generate an invoice PDF
curl -X POST https://api.pdf-mcp.io/htmlToPdf \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "html": "<h1>Invoice #12345</h1><p>Amount: $99.00</p>",
    "css": "@page { size: A4; margin: 20mm; }",
    "filename": "invoice-12345.pdf"
  }' \
  --output invoice-12345.pdf

Certificate (Landscape)

generate-certificate.sh 
# Generate a landscape certificate PDF
curl -X POST https://api.pdf-mcp.io/htmlToPdf \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "html": "<h1>Certificate of Completion</h1><p>Awarded to Jane Doe</p>",
    "css": "@page { size: A4 landscape; margin: 20mm; }",
    "filename": "certificate.pdf"
  }' \
  --output certificate.pdf

Use the HTTP request node in n8n, Make, or Zapier with the same cURL configuration. See our documentation for detailed guides.

Why Automate with pdf-mcp?

  • Save Hours Weekly Eliminate manual PDF creation from your workflow
  • Consistent Quality Every document follows your exact template
  • Real-time Generation PDFs created instantly when triggers fire
  • Unlimited Scale Generate thousands of documents without limits
workflow.log

[10:42:15] TRIGGER New order #4521 received

[10:42:15] INFO Fetching order details...

[10:42:16] INFO Generating invoice PDF...

[10:42:16] SUCCESS PDF generated (245KB)

[10:42:17] INFO Sending to customer...

[10:42:18] COMPLETE Workflow finished

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