Foliopdf
About
MCP server for FolioPDF — PDF rendering tools for AI agents
Details
- License
- MIT
Explore
- Renders PDFs locally with a single binary, works offline
- Bundled Tailwind CSS v3 (v4 not supported) for HTML styling
- Built‑in fonts Inter and Geist with multiple weights
- Template variables using Go html/template syntax
- Headers and footers with page number placeholders
- Three Markdown themes: github, minimal, print
- Watermark support (diagonal text overlay)
- PDF manipulation: merge, split, rotate
- PDF extraction: text and metadata
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
FoliopdfCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Homebrew
brew install foliopdf/tap/foliopdf-mcp
Go
go install github.com/foliopdf/foliopdf-mcp@latest
Direct download
```bash
render_html
HTML to PDF with Tailwind CSS v3, headers/footers, template variables
render_markdown
Markdown to PDF with themes and syntax highlighting
manipulate_pdf
Merge, split, or rotate PDFs
extract_pdf
Extract text and metadata from a PDF
| Tool | What it does |
|------|-------------|
| render_html | HTML to PDF with Tailwind CSS v3, headers/footers, template variables |
| render_markdown | Markdown to PDF with themes and syntax highlighting |
| manipulate_pdf | Merge, split, or rotate PDFs |
| extract_pdf | Extract text and metadata from a PDF |
Every response includes the PDF as base64 data and a local file path.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"foliopdf": {
"foliopdf": {
"command": "foliopdf-mcp"
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"foliopdf": {
"command": "foliopdf-mcp"
}
}
PDF generation, manipulation, and extraction for AI agents. Single binary, renders locally, works offline.
Install
Homebrew
brew install foliopdf/tap/foliopdf-mcp
Go
go install github.com/foliopdf/foliopdf-mcp@latest
Direct download
```bash
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