PDFOven
REMOTE · PDFOVEN.COM
Generate PDFs and images from HTML, Markdown, URLs or JSON templates.
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Last scanned (2 hours ago)
Scores higher than 91% of remote servers
Unreachable for 1 day in a row. Last reached 4 Nov 2026.
Category Documents and Files
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security11
- TLS not yet verified: we couldn't open a connection to check the certificate. View diagnostics → Unverified
- Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it. View diagnostics → Unverified
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS not yet verified: we couldn't read the response headers to check for it. View diagnostics → Unverified
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability0
- Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but we couldn't connect to verify it. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability0
- Schema not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's schema, or could read only part of its tool list.Unverified
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage0
- Tool coverage not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.Unverified
Tool Safety0
- Tool safety not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.Unverified
Capabilities0
- Capabilities not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's capabilities.Unverified
Unverified: 5 categories
Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 0
- Endpoint reachability: reachable → unreachable ▼ security
- Stability: 0.63 → unverified ▼ security
- Authorization: fail → unverified ▼ security
- Tool safety: pass → unverified ▼ security
- TLS certificate: pass → unverified ▼ security
- HSTS header: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Transport: pass → fail ▼ security
- Capabilities: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- First check of Schema quality: unverified functional
- 4 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 2 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 30 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 28 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 26 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 24 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 23 Oct 26 0
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Tool “render_image” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Schema quality: 914 → 1584 ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 94% → 89% ▼ functional
- Server version: 0.2.0 → 0.3.0 functional
- New tool “compress_pdf” functional
- New tool “fill_pdf_form” functional
- New tool “list_pdf_form_fields” functional
- New tool “merge_pdfs” functional
- New tool “split_pdf” functional
- New tool “watermark_pdf” functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://pdfoven.com/mcp
TLS unreached
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of pdfoven.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| pdfoven.com. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication Inconclusive
We could not reach the endpoint well enough to judge its authorisation posture.
| Result | Inconclusive |
|---|
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://pdfoven.com/mcp | Unreachable | ||
| http (plaintext) | http://pdfoven.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
compress_pdf Compress PDF ~91
Make a PDF smaller by recompressing and downscaling large images and cleaning unused data. Returns the original unchanged if it can't be made smaller. Uses one render.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| file | object | yes | The PDF to compress. |
| level | string | – | low keeps the most quality; high makes the smallest file. Default medium. |
| remove_metadata | boolean | – | Also strip title, author and XMP metadata. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
create_template Create template ~159
Save a new reusable template to the account and return its id. Templates are capped per plan (Free 3); at the cap this returns a tool error. Render it later with render_pdf or render_image and template_id plus data.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| content | string | yes | Template body: Handlebars HTML ({{field}}, {{#each items}}) or Markdown. |
| css | string | – | CSS applied when the template renders. |
| engine | string | – | How content is interpreted. Default handlebars. |
| name | string | yes | Display name, 1-100 characters. |
| page_options | object | – | Default PDF page settings for this template. |
| sample_data | object | – | Example JSON data, used for previews and as documentation of the fields. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
delete_template Delete template ~63
Permanently delete a saved template. This cannot be undone, and renders that reference its template_id will fail afterwards. Confirm with the user first.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| template_id | string | yes | Template ID, e.g. tpl_1a2b3c (from list_templates). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
fill_pdf_form Fill PDF form ~118
Fill a PDF form's fields by name (text, checkboxes as true/false, radio and dropdown options) and optionally flatten it so it can't be edited. Unknown field names are an error with suggestions. Uses one render.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| fields | object | yes | Field name to value: string, number, boolean, or a list for multi-select fields. |
| file | object | yes | The PDF form. |
| flatten | boolean | – | Make the filled form read-only. |
| strict | boolean | – | Default true. False skips unknown field names. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_template Get template ~68
Fetch one saved template in full: content, css, sample_data and page_options. Use it before update_template to see the current body. Does not use render quota.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| template_id | string | yes | Template ID, e.g. tpl_1a2b3c (from list_templates). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_pdf_form_fields List PDF form fields ~54
List a fillable PDF's form fields: name, type, current value, options and page. Use the names with fill_pdf_form. Does not use render quota.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| file | object | yes | The PDF form. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_templates List templates ~56
List every template saved in the PDFOven account, newest first, as JSON with id, name, engine and sample_data. Use an id with render_pdf/render_image (template_id) or get_template. Does not use render quota.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
merge_pdfs Merge PDFs ~59
Join 2-50 PDFs into one, in order, optionally picking pages from each. Returns the merged PDF as a base64 resource. Uses one render from the monthly quota.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filename | string | – | – |
| files | array | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
render_image Render image ~192
Render a PNG image from exactly one source: html, markdown, url (a website screenshot), template (+data) or template_id (+data). Built-in 1200x630 social cards: tpl_og_article, tpl_og_product and tpl_og_announcement. Returns the image inline. Each successful call uses one render from the monthly quota; nothing is stored.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| css | string | – | Extra CSS to apply. |
| data | object | – | JSON data for template or template_id. |
| html | string | – | HTML document or fragment to render. |
| markdown | string | – | Markdown to render. |
| options | object | – | – |
| template | string | – | Inline Handlebars HTML template, filled with `data`. |
| template_id | string | – | ID of a saved template (from list_templates), filled with `data`. |
| url | string | – | Public http(s) URL to capture. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
render_pdf Render PDF ~180
Render a PDF from exactly one source: html, markdown, url, template (+data) or template_id (+data). Returns the PDF as a base64 embedded resource. Each successful call uses one render from the account's monthly quota; nothing is stored. Over quota or invalid input returns a tool error explaining why.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| css | string | – | Extra CSS to apply. |
| data | object | – | JSON data for template or template_id. |
| html | string | – | HTML document or fragment to render. |
| markdown | string | – | Markdown to render. |
| options | object | – | – |
| template | string | – | Inline Handlebars HTML template, filled with `data`. |
| template_id | string | – | ID of a saved template (from list_templates), filled with `data`. |
| url | string | – | Public http(s) URL to capture. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
split_pdf Split PDF ~117
Split a PDF. Send pages to extract one PDF, ranges for one PDF per range (returned as a zip), or every to split into chunks of N pages. Uses one render.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| every | integer | – | Split into parts of this many pages. |
| file | object | yes | The PDF to split. |
| pages | string | – | Pages like "1-3,5,8-" or "last". Ranges can run backwards ("last-1") to reverse order. |
| ranges | array | – | One output PDF per range. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
update_template Update template ~169
Change a saved template. Only the fields you pass are replaced; others keep their current values. Future renders with this template_id use the new version immediately.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| content | string | – | Template body: Handlebars HTML ({{field}}, {{#each items}}) or Markdown. |
| css | string | – | CSS applied when the template renders. |
| engine | string | – | How content is interpreted. Default handlebars. |
| name | string | – | Display name, 1-100 characters. |
| page_options | object | – | Default PDF page settings for this template. |
| sample_data | object | – | Example JSON data, used for previews and as documentation of the fields. |
| template_id | string | yes | Template ID, e.g. tpl_1a2b3c (from list_templates). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
watermark_pdf Watermark PDF ~168
Stamp text (Latin characters) or a PNG/JPEG image onto a PDF's pages: centred and diagonal, tiled, or in a corner. Uses one render.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| color | string | – | Hex text color, e.g. #c8155f. |
| file | object | yes | The PDF to watermark. |
| image | object | – | PNG or JPEG image instead of text. |
| opacity | number | – | – |
| pages | string | – | Pages like "1-3,5,8-" or "last". Ranges can run backwards ("last-1") to reverse order. |
| position | string | – | – |
| rotation | number | – | Degrees. Defaults to the page diagonal for center and tile. |
| text | string | – | Watermark text, up to 5 lines. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the PDFOven MCP server?
PDFOven is a hosted endpoint at https://pdfoven.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · pdfoven.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-pdfoven-pdfoven 'https://pdfoven.com/mcp'
What is the PDFOven MCP server?
PDFOven is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.pdfoven/pdfoven. Generate PDFs and images from HTML, Markdown, URLs or JSON templates. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://pdfoven.com/mcp).
Is the PDFOven MCP server safe to use?
PDFOven scores 85 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the PDFOven MCP server expose?
PDFOven exposes 13 tools: render_pdf, render_image, merge_pdfs, split_pdf, compress_pdf, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,494 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the PDFOven MCP server require authentication?
Its publisher declares that PDFOven requires credentials, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client. We have not been able to confirm that against the live endpoint.
Is the PDFOven MCP server still maintained?
PDFOven is still listed in the MCP registry, though our most recent checks did not reach this channel. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.