Documentation

Design templates in the dashboard, integrate PDFEx programmatically over the REST API, or hand the whole job to an AI agent over MCP.

The 60-second version

Create an API key at API Keys if something other than you will call PDFEx.
Create or import a template on Templates.
Render a PDF with POST /api/pdf/token, then fetch it from the returned URL. Links expire after 15 minutes.

Agent-readablepublic, no API key

Building an agent? Start at a machine-readable URL.

Everything below is public and cacheable, so an agent can discover PDFEx before it has a key.

/llms.txtShort index: what exists and where to fetch it.
/llms-full.txtThe complete agent guide plus the host install matrix.
/agents.mdThe same guide at a crawlable URL.
/api/schemaThe authoring contract as JSON.
/.well-known/mcp.jsonMCP server descriptor.
/.well-known/mcp-hosts.jsonHost install matrix, machine-readable.

Templates & dashboard

Using the dashboardTemplates, the visual designer, test generation, and plan limits.Export & import templatesMove templates between environments as a portable JSON bundle.

REST API

REST API referenceAuth, the token flow, every endpoint, and both template engines.

For agents

Agents: start hereWhat an agent can do, in what order, and with what safety guarantees.Connect your agent hostInstall steps for 18 hosts — Claude, Codex, Cursor, Hermes, OpenClaw, Pi and more.Full agent referenceThe deep reference: engines, field types, units, pagination, troubleshooting.