PaperType MCP

An official MCP server provided by PaperType that allows AI agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Claude Desktop to render Markdown, HTML, or hosted templates into PDF files via the PaperType API. It supports features like cover pages, tables of contents, themes, and custom CSS.

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Package and access

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You need:Get API keyFree key at https://papertype.dev/signup, 50 documents/month

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What you can do with it

Render Markdown or HTML content to PDF
Generate invoices, certificates, or reports from JSON data
Configure PDF themes, page sizes, and metadata
Verify API account status and quota usage

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 0.1.0

mcp-registry: dev.papertype/papertype-mcp@0.1.0 Project website

Packages and installation

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papertype-mcp 0.1.0

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papertype-mcp package definition

{
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "papertype-mcp",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PAPERTYPE_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "PaperType API key (dp_...). Get one at https://papertype.dev/signup."
    },
    {
      "name": "PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR",
      "format": "filepath",
      "description": "Directory where rendered PDFs are saved. Default: the OS temp dir + /papertype."
    },
    {
      "name": "PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "https://papertype.dev",
      "description": "API origin. Default https://papertype.dev; change only for test deployments."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "papertype-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "papertype-mcp@0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAPERTYPE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_API_KEY>",
        "PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR>",
        "PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "papertype-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "papertype-mcp@0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAPERTYPE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_API_KEY>",
        "PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR>",
        "PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "papertype-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "papertype-mcp@0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAPERTYPE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_API_KEY>",
        "PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR>",
        "PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "papertype-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "papertype-mcp@0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAPERTYPE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_API_KEY>",
        "PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_OUTPUT_DIR>",
        "PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PAPERTYPE_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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