# APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi (remote · apitemplate.usefulapi.io) Generate PDFs and images with APITemplate.io from templates, HTML, Markdown or a URL. - Trust score: 64/100 (medium) - Registry status: active - Liveness: live - Owner verified: no - Last scored: 2026-10-17 ## Components - remote · `apitemplate.usefulapi.io`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-apitemplate/apitemplate.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-apitemplate/apitemplate) ## Channel facts - Endpoint: `https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp` - Transports: `streamable-http` - Auth: `required` - Version: `1.0.0` ## Trust breakdown 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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog) Scored 2026-10-17. - **Endpoint Security**: 78/100 - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token. - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port redirected somewhere other than https, so enforcement is unproven. - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. - The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents. - **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100 - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly. - **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100 - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name). - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent). - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2167 tokens (~216/item across 10 items; 10 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. - **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100 - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses. - **Tool Coverage**: 100/100 - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name). - 100% of tool parameters carry a description. - **Tool Safety**: 100/100 - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured. - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation. - An AI judge read all 11 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it. - **Capabilities**: 60/100 - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. ## Install ### How do I install the APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi server? APITemplate.io MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/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. ### Claude ```bash claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-apitemplate 'https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp' ``` ### Cursor ```json { "mcpServers": { "io-usefulapi-apitemplate": { "url": "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp" } } } ``` ### VS Code ```json { "servers": { "io-usefulapi-apitemplate": { "type": "http", "url": "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp" } } } ``` ### Codex ```toml [mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-apitemplate] url = "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp" ``` ### opencode ```json { "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json", "mcp": { "io-usefulapi-apitemplate": { "type": "remote", "url": "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp", "enabled": true } } } ``` ### OpenClaw ```bash openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-apitemplate --url 'https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http ``` ### Hermes ```yaml mcp_servers: io-usefulapi-apitemplate: url: "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp" ``` ### Netclaw ```json { "McpServers": { "io-usefulapi-apitemplate": { "Transport": "http", "Url": "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp" } } } ``` ### Vellum ```bash assistant mcp add io-usefulapi-apitemplate -t streamable-http -u 'https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp' ``` ### Other ```json { "mcpServers": { "io-usefulapi-apitemplate": { "type": "http", "url": "https://apitemplate.usefulapi.io/mcp" } } } ``` The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs. ## Changelog Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims. ### 2026-10-17 (score 64, +1) No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes. ### 2026-10-15 (score 63, +1) No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes. ### 2026-10-14 (score 62, +2) - [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads - [functional] The server now declares the “prompts” capability - [functional] First check of Schema quality: 100 - [functional] New prompt “getting_started” - [functional] Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.1.0 ### 2026-10-13 (score 60, +1) - [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03 ### 2026-10-12 (score 59) First indexed and scored. ## MCP tools (10) ### `apitemplate_get_account` (~65 tokens) Get account and quota The APITemplate.io account behind this key: plan, subscription status and period, and the quota: api_quota, api_used, api_remaining (generations), plus the template quota and count. Check api_remaining before generating. GET /v2/account-information. ### `apitemplate_list_templates` (~158 tokens) List templates List the templates of the account (PDF and image): template_id, name, format (PDF or JPEG), status, group and dates. Use the template_id with the create tools. Read-only; templates are never changed. GET /v2/list-templates. Input parameters: - `format` (string): Only PDF or only image (JPEG) templates. - `group_name` (string): Only templates of this group. - `limit` (integer): Number of records, 1-500 (default 50). - `offset` (integer): Records to skip (default 0). Next page: offset + limit. - `template_id` (string): The template id (apitemplate_list_templates, or the web console, Manage Templates). ### `apitemplate_get_template` (~79 tokens) Get PDF template source One PDF template's HTML body, CSS and print settings (the vendor marks this endpoint experimental, so it can answer with an error for some accounts or image templates). Read-only. GET /v2/get-template. Input parameters: - `template_id` (string, required): The template id (apitemplate_list_templates, or the web console, Manage Templates). ### `apitemplate_list_objects` (~147 tokens) List generated files List the PDFs and images generated so far, newest first: transaction_ref, template_id, type (PDF, JPEG or MERGE), your meta reference, the hosted file URLs (primary_url, secondary_url for the PNG) and dates. Files already deleted or expired have deletion_status set. Read-only. GET /v2/list-objects. Input parameters: - `limit` (integer): Number of records, 1-500 (default 50). - `offset` (integer): Records to skip (default 0). Next page: offset + limit. - `template_id` (string): Only files generated from this template. - `transaction_type` (string): Only this kind of file. ### `apitemplate_create_pdf` (~278 tokens) Create a PDF from a template WRITE: renders one PDF from a saved PDF template and your JSON data (the keys the template uses, e.g. invoice_number, items), and returns the hosted download_url (never the file bytes). Synchronous. COST: uses 1 generation of your APITemplate.io plan quota per call (see apitemplate_get_account). Do not retry or repeat it unless needed; every call is counted. POST /v2/create-pdf (export_type=json). Input parameters: - `data` (object, required): JSON data merged into the template, e.g. {"invoice_number":"INV-1","total":42}. Keys depend on the template. - `expiration` (integer): Minutes until the hosted file expires: 0 = keep permanently (default), or 1-10080. - `filename` (string): Custom file name ending in .pdf (default: a random UUID). - `generation_delay` (integer): Milliseconds to wait before rendering (0-30000), for pages that load content late. - `meta` (string): Your own reference id for this file; it shows up in apitemplate_list_objects. - `output_html` (boolean): Also return html_url, the rendered HTML. - `template_id` (string, required): The template id (apitemplate_list_templates, or the web console, Manage Templates). ### `apitemplate_create_image` (~271 tokens) Create an image from a template WRITE: renders one image (JPEG and PNG) from a saved image template, changing the named layers with overrides (e.g. [{"name":"text_1","text":"Hello"},{"name":"image_1","src":"https://..."}]), and returns the hosted download URLs (never the file bytes). COST: uses 1 generation of your APITemplate.io plan quota per call (see apitemplate_get_account). Do not retry or repeat it unless needed; every call is counted. POST /v2/create-image. Input parameters: - `expiration` (integer): Minutes until the hosted file expires: 0 = keep permanently (default), or 1-10080. - `generation_delay` (integer): Milliseconds to wait before rendering (0-30000), for pages that load content late. - `meta` (string): Your own reference id for this file; it shows up in apitemplate_list_objects. - `output_image_type` (string): Which formats to render (default all). - `overrides` (array, required): Layer changes: each item has the layer 'name' and the properties to set (text, src, color, textBackgroundColor ...). - `template_id` (string, required): The template id (apitemplate_list_templates, or the web console, Manage Templates). ### `apitemplate_create_pdf_from_html` (~268 tokens) Create a PDF from HTML WRITE: renders one PDF from HTML (Jinja2 placeholders like {{name}} are filled from data), without a saved template, and returns the hosted download_url (never the file bytes). COST: uses 1 generation of your APITemplate.io plan quota per call (see apitemplate_get_account). Do not retry or repeat it unless needed; every call is counted. POST /v2/create-pdf-from-html (export_type=json). Input parameters: - `body` (string, required): HTML body; may use Jinja2 syntax such as {{name}}. - `css` (string): CSS including the