# PodPDF (npm · podpdf-mcp)

Turn HTML, Markdown, URLs and saved templates into PDFs with the PodPDF API.

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-26

## Components

- npm · `podpdf-mcp`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mohzameer-podpdf/podpdf-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mohzameer-podpdf/podpdf-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `podpdf-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-09-26.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: no source repository is declared.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 749 tokens (~149/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **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.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the PodPDF MCP server?

PodPDF runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y podpdf-mcp. 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 mohzameer-podpdf -- npx -y podpdf-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mohzameer-podpdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "podpdf-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "mohzameer-podpdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "podpdf-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add mohzameer-podpdf -- npx -y podpdf-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "mohzameer-podpdf": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "podpdf-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add mohzameer-podpdf --command npx --arg -y --arg podpdf-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  mohzameer-podpdf:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "podpdf-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "mohzameer-podpdf": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "podpdf-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add mohzameer-podpdf -t stdio -c npx -a -y podpdf-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mohzameer-podpdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "podpdf-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 65, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-20 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `generate_pdf` (~235 tokens)

Generate PDF

Convert HTML, Markdown or a public HTTPS URL to a PDF (up to 25 pages, 30 seconds). Returns a download link valid for 1 hour. Costs one PodPDF credit. Docs: https://apidocs.podpdf.com/api-reference/quickjob

Input parameters:

- `content` (string, required): The HTML, the Markdown, or the https:// URL to convert
- `format` (string): Paper size (default A4)
- `input_type` (string, required): What `content` is
- `landscape` (boolean): Landscape orientation
- `margin` (string): Margin for all four sides, e.g. "20mm" or "0.5in"
- `pageRanges` (string): Pages to keep, e.g. "1-3, 5"
- `printBackground` (boolean): Print background colours and images (default true)
- `save_path` (string): Optional local file path to save the PDF to, e.g. "./invoice.pdf". The download link is returned either way.
- `scale` (number): Render scale, 0.1 to 2 (default 1)

### `render_template` (~145 tokens)

Render Template

Fill a saved PodPDF template with data and render it to PDF. Template IDs are shown in the dashboard (Templates → Use via API). Docs: https://apidocs.podpdf.com/api-reference/templates

Input parameters:

- `data` (object, required): Values for the template's fields; nested objects and arrays of objects for list fields. A dotted key such as "customer.name" is also accepted.
- `filename` (string): File name for the PDF
- `save_path` (string): Optional local file path to save the PDF to, e.g. "./invoice.pdf". The download link is returned either way.
- `template_id` (string, required): Template ID from the PodPDF dashboard

### `start_long_job` (~217 tokens)

Start Long Job

Queue a large HTML or Markdown document (up to 100 pages) for asynchronous rendering. Returns a job_id; set wait to true to poll until it finishes and return the download link. Docs: https://apidocs.podpdf.com/api-reference/longjob

Input parameters:

- `content` (string, required): The HTML or Markdown to render
- `format` (string): Paper size (default A4)
- `input_type` (string, required): What `content` is
- `landscape` (boolean): Landscape orientation
- `margin` (string): Margin for all four sides, e.g. "20mm" or "0.5in"
- `pageRanges` (string): Pages to keep, e.g. "1-3, 5"
- `printBackground` (boolean): Print background colours and images (default true)
- `scale` (number): Render scale, 0.1 to 2 (default 1)
- `wait` (boolean): Wait up to 3 minutes for the job to finish (default false)

### `get_job` (~56 tokens)

Get Job

Get the status and details of a PodPDF job (queued, processing, completed, partial_failed, failed, timeout). Docs: https://apidocs.podpdf.com/api-reference/jobs

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required): Job ID

### `get_download_link` (~96 tokens)

Get Download Link

Get a fresh 1-hour download link for a finished job's stored output (long, bulk, merge/split, or stored quick and template jobs). Docs: https://apidocs.podpdf.com/api-reference/jobs

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required): Job ID
- `save_path` (string): Optional local file path to save the PDF to, e.g. "./invoice.pdf". The download link is returned either way.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mohzameer-podpdf/podpdf-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-26: 65
- 2026-09-25: 65
- 2026-09-24: 65
- 2026-09-23: 65
- 2026-09-22: 65
- 2026-09-21: 65
- 2026-09-20: 65

## Common questions

### What is the PodPDF MCP server?

PodPDF is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.mohzameer/podpdf. Turn HTML, Markdown, URLs and saved templates into PDFs with the PodPDF API. This page covers its npm package (podpdf-mcp).

### Is the PodPDF MCP server safe to use?

PodPDF scores 65 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 26 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 PodPDF MCP server expose?

PodPDF exposes 5 tools: generate_pdf, render_template, start_long_job, get_job, get_download_link. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 749 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the PodPDF MCP server still maintained?

PodPDF is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 26 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the PodPDF MCP server under?

PodPDF declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/podpdf-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/podpdf-mcp
- Website: https://podpdf.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mohzameer-podpdf/podpdf-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mohzameer-podpdf/podpdf-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mohzameer-podpdf/podpdf-mcp