# CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi (remote · craftmypdf.usefulapi.io)

Generate PDFs and images from CraftMyPDF templates; read templates, versions and usage.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-17

## Components

- remote · `craftmypdf.usefulapi.io`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-craftmypdf/craftmypdf.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-craftmypdf/craftmypdf)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://craftmypdf.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**: 80/100
  - 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 1890 tokens (~171/item across 11 items; 11 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 12 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 CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi server?

CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://craftmypdf.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-craftmypdf 'https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-craftmypdf": {
      "url": "https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "io-usefulapi-craftmypdf": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-craftmypdf]
url = "https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "io-usefulapi-craftmypdf": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-craftmypdf --url 'https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-usefulapi-craftmypdf:
    url: "https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-craftmypdf": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add io-usefulapi-craftmypdf -t streamable-http -u 'https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-craftmypdf": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://craftmypdf.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.

### 2026-10-16 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 63, +3)

- [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, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 60)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (11)

### `craftmypdf_get_account_info` (~59 tokens)

Get account info

The CraftMyPDF account behind the API key: username, quota used (quota_counter) and quota total (quota_max), template count and limit, creation date. Check the quota before generating many documents. GET /get-account-info.

### `craftmypdf_list_transactions` (~104 tokens)

List transactions

Recent generation transactions of the account, newest first: transaction_ref, type (PDFGEN, PDFPREVIEW, ...), execution time, credits used, time, file size and result status. Use it to see what was billed. GET /list-transactions.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Records to return, 1-300 (default 50).
- `offset` (integer): Records to skip (default 0). Use next_offset from the previous reply.

### `craftmypdf_list_templates` (~113 tokens)

List templates

List the PDF/image templates of the account: template_id, name, status, group, created and updated time. The template_id is what the generation tools need. Read only; templates cannot be edited here. GET /list-templates.

Input parameters:

- `group_name` (string): Only templates of this group.
- `limit` (integer): Records to return, 1-300 (default 50).
- `offset` (integer): Records to skip (default 0). Use next_offset from the previous reply.

### `craftmypdf_get_template` (~138 tokens)

Get template

One template: its name and the sample JSON data it expects (the placeholders to fill when generating). The full layout body is only returned with include_body (it can be very large and is cut). GET /get-template.

Input parameters:

- `include_body` (boolean): Also return the template layout JSON (default false; cut at 40000 characters).
- `template_id` (string, required): CraftMyPDF template id, e.g. 05f77b2b18ad809a (from craftmypdf_list_templates).
- `version` (string): Template version number (from craftmypdf_list_template_versions). Latest version when omitted.

### `craftmypdf_list_template_versions` (~84 tokens)

List template versions

The saved versions of a template (version number, description, time, whether it is retained). Use a version number when generating to pin the layout. GET /list-template-versions.

Input parameters:

- `template_id` (string, required): CraftMyPDF template id, e.g. 05f77b2b18ad809a (from craftmypdf_list_templates).

### `craftmypdf_query_template_usage` (~126 tokens)

Query template usage

Usage statistics (how many generations) of up to 20 templates within an optional date range. Dates are ISO 8601 UTC date-times such as 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z. GET /query-template-usage.

Input parameters:

- `end_date` (string): End, ISO 8601 UTC.
- `start_date` (string): Start, ISO 8601 UTC, e.g. 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z.
- `template_ids` (array, required): 1-20 template ids.

### `craftmypdf_get_pdf_info` (~70 tokens)

Get PDF info

Metadata of a PDF that CraftMyPDF downloads from a public https URL: page count, title, author, creator, producer, dates. May count against the account's rate limit. GET /get-pdf-info.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): Public https URL of a PDF file.

### `craftmypdf_create_pdf` (~319 tokens)

Create PDF from template

WRITE: uses the CraftMyPDF account's own quota (credits; a successful generation is a billable transaction, typically 1 credit per document, and every call counts even with identical data). Generate ONE PDF from a template and your JSON data. Returns a hosted file URL (never file bytes) that expires after `expiration` minutes, plus the transaction reference and any anchors (page numbers for a table of contents). Look the template up with craftmypdf_list_templates / craftmypdf_get_template first. POST /create with export_type=json.

Input parameters:

- `data` (object, required): The JSON object that fills the template's {{placeholders}}, e.g. {"invoice_number":"INV38379","total_amount":82542.56}. The whole request must stay under about 3.8 MB.
- `expiration` (integer): Minutes until the hosted file is deleted from CraftMyPDF's CDN, 1-10080 (default 60; the vendor default is 5).
- `image_resample_res` (integer): Downsample images to this DPI to shrink the PDF: 72, 150, 300, 600 or 1200.
- `output_file` (string): File name of the output (default output.pdf).
- `template_id` (string, required): CraftMyPDF template id, e.g. 05f77b2b18ad809a (from craftmypdf_list_templates).
- `version` (string): Template version number (from craftmypdf_list_template_versions). Latest version when omitted.

### `craftmypdf_create_image` (~268 tokens)

Create image from template

WRITE: uses the CraftMyPDF account's own quota (credits; a successful generation is a billable transaction, typically 1 credit per document, and every call counts even with identical data). Generate ONE image (JPEG or PNG) from a template and your JSON data. Returns a hosted file URL (never file bytes) that expires after `expiration` minutes. POST /create-image with export_type=json.

Input parameters:

- `data` (object, required): The JSON object that fills the template's {{placeholders}}, e.g. {"invoice_number":"INV38379","total_amount":82542.56}. The whole request must stay under about 3.8 MB.
- `expiration` (integer): Minutes until the hosted file is deleted from CraftMyPDF's CDN, 1-10080 (default 60; the vendor default is 5).
- `output_file` (string): File name of the output (default output.jpg).
- `output_type` (string): Image type (default jpeg).
- `template_id` (string, required): CraftMyPDF template id, e.g. 05f77b2b18ad809a (from craftmypdf_list_templates).
- `version` (string): Template version number (from craftmypdf_list_template_versions). Latest version when omitted.

### `craftmypdf_create_pdf_from_templates` (~221 tokens)

Create one PDF from several templates

WRITE: uses the CraftMyPDF account's own quota (credits; a successful generation is a billable transaction, typically 1 credit per document, and every call counts even with identical data). Generate ONE combined PDF from 2-10 templates, each with its own data (or the shared `data`). Costs credits for each template rendered. Returns a hosted file URL that expires after `expiration` minutes. Uses the latest template versions. POST /create-merge with export_type=json.

Input parameters:

- `data` (object): Shared data for entries without their own.
- `expiration` (integer): Minutes until the hosted file is deleted from CraftMyPDF's CDN, 1-10080 (default 60; the vendor default is 5).
- `output_file` (string): File name of the output (default output.pdf).
- `paging` (string): Page numbering across the templates: reset (default) restarts at each template, continuous carries on.
- `templates` (array, required): 2-10 entries, rendered in order.

### `craftmypdf_merge_pdfs` (~174 tokens)

Merge PDFs by URL

WRITE: uses the CraftMyPDF account's own quota (credits; a successful generation is a billable transaction, typically 1 credit per document, and every call counts even with identical data). Merge 2-10 existing PDFs, given as public https URLs, into ONE PDF. CraftMyPDF downloads the files from your URLs. Returns a hosted file URL that expires after `expiration` minutes. POST /merge-pdfs.

Input parameters:

- `expiration` (integer): Minutes until the hosted file is deleted from CraftMyPDF's CDN, 1-10080 (default 60; the vendor default is 5).
- `output_file` (string): File name of the output (default output.pdf).
- `urls` (array, required): 2-10 public https URLs of PDF files, merged in this order.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-craftmypdf/craftmypdf#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-17: 64
- 2026-10-16: 64
- 2026-10-15: 63
- 2026-10-14: 63
- 2026-10-13: 60
- 2026-10-12: 60

## Common questions

### What is the CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi server?

CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/craftmypdf. Generate PDFs and images from CraftMyPDF templates; read templates, versions and usage. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp).

### Is the CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi server safe to use?

CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi scores 64 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 CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi server expose?

CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi exposes 11 tools: craftmypdf_get_account_info, craftmypdf_list_transactions, craftmypdf_list_templates, craftmypdf_get_template, craftmypdf_list_template_versions, and 6 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,676 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi server require authentication?

Yes. CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?

CraftMyPDF MCP by usefulapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 17 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://craftmypdf.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Website: https://usefulapi.io/craftmypdf/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-craftmypdf/craftmypdf.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-craftmypdf/craftmypdf.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-craftmypdf/craftmypdf