# How to integrate Pdfmonkey MCP with OpenClaw

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  "title": "How to integrate Pdfmonkey MCP with OpenClaw",
  "toolkit": "Pdfmonkey",
  "toolkit_slug": "pdfmonkey",
  "framework": "OpenClaw",
  "framework_slug": "openclaw",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/openclaw",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/openclaw.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-06T08:23:18.208Z"
}
```

## Introduction

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access Pdfmonkey with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Pdfmonkey via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

## Also integrate Pdfmonkey with

- [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/claude-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/claude-code)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/codex)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/hermes-agent)
- [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/cli)
- [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/google-adk)
- [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/langchain)
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/ai-sdk)
- [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/mastra-ai)
- [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/llama-index)
- [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/crew-ai)

## TL;DR

### Why use Composio?
Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:
- Programmatic tool calling allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
- Handling Large tool responses out of LLM context to minimize context rot.
- Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so LLMs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

## Connect Pdfmonkey to OpenClaw

### How to install Pdfmonkey with OpenClaw
### Using Composio API Key and Setup Prompt
- Go to [dashboard.composio.dev](https://dashboard.composio.dev/login?next=/~/org/connect/clients/openclaw&utm_source=toolkits&utm_medium=framework_template&utm_campaign=openclaw&utm_content=setup_prompt)
- Copy the setup prompt
- Run it in your OpenClaw chat interface.
- Authenticate Pdfmonkey from the [dashboard](https://dashboard.composio.dev/login?next=/~/org/connect/clients/openclaw&utm_source=toolkits&utm_medium=framework_template&utm_campaign=openclaw&utm_content=authenticate)
- Go back to your OpenClaw interface and start asking questions.
### Using OpenClaw/Composio Plugin
1. Install OpenClaw Composio plugin

```bash
openclaw plugins install @composio/openclaw-plugin
```

## What is the Pdfmonkey MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Pdfmonkey MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, or others directly to your Pdfmonkey account. It provides structured and secure access to your PDF automation workflows, so your agent can generate documents from templates, download PDFs, manage templates, and retrieve document details on your behalf.
- Automated PDF generation: Instantly create new PDF documents from pre-built templates or custom data payloads, either asynchronously or waiting for immediate results.
- Template management and updates: Let your agent create, fetch, or delete document templates to keep your PDF generation process organized and up to date.
- Document retrieval and monitoring: Fetch the full details of any generated document, including metadata, logs, and download links for seamless workflow integration.
- Secure PDF file download: Easily obtain presigned URLs to access or share generated PDF files, with automatic handling of expiring links.
- Account and usage insights: Retrieve authenticated user information, such as quota, plan, and locale, to help monitor and manage your Pdfmonkey usage directly from your agent.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `PDFMONKEY_CREATE_DOCUMENT` | Create Document | Tool to create a Document. Use when you need to instantiate a PDF from a template; set status='pending' to queue immediate generation. Ensure valid `document_template_id` is provided. |
| `PDFMONKEY_CREATE_DOCUMENT_SYNC` | Create Document Sync | Tool to create a document and wait for generation to finish. Use when immediate PDF is needed. |
| `PDFMONKEY_CREATE_TEMPLATE` | Create Template | Tool to create a new Document Template. Use when you need to define a template with custom content, styles, and settings before generating PDF documents. |
| `PDFMONKEY_DELETE_DOCUMENT` | Delete Document | Tool to delete a Document by its ID. Use when you need to permanently remove a document after confirming its ID. Returns 204 No Content on success. |
| `PDFMONKEY_DELETE_TEMPLATE` | Delete PDFMonkey Document Template | Tool to delete a document template by ID. Use when you need to remove obsolete templates after validation. |
| `PDFMONKEY_DOWNLOAD_DOCUMENT_FILE` | Download Document File | Tool to download a generated PDF file via a presigned URL. Use after obtaining a valid download_url from the Document details endpoint. The URL expires after 1 hour; fetch a new URL upon expiry (403 Forbidden). |
| `PDFMONKEY_GET_CURRENT_USER` | Get Current User | Tool to retrieve details about the currently authenticated user. Use when you need account info (quota, plan, email, locale) after authentication. |
| `PDFMONKEY_GET_DOCUMENT` | Get Document | Tool to fetch a Document by its ID. Use when you need the full document record including payload, meta, logs, and download URL. |
| `PDFMONKEY_GET_DOCUMENT_CARD` | Get DocumentCard | Tool to fetch a DocumentCard by ID. Use when you have a DocumentCard ID and need its download URLs, status, and metadata. Use after generating or updating a DocumentCard. |
| `PDFMONKEY_GET_TEMPLATE` | Get Template by ID | Tool to fetch a Document Template by ID. Use when you need the template's content, styles, settings, and preview URL. |
| `PDFMONKEY_LIST_DOCUMENT_CARDS` | List DocumentCards | Tool to list DocumentCards. Use when you need to retrieve multiple DocumentCards with optional pagination and filtering by template, status, workspace, or update time. |
| `PDFMONKEY_LIST_PDF_ENGINES` | List PDF Engines | Tool to list available PDF engines with deprecation metadata. Use when you need to choose a rendering engine before generating PDFs. |
| `PDFMONKEY_LIST_TEMPLATES` | List Template Cards | Tool to list template cards for a workspace. Use when you need to retrieve templates with optional folder filters, pagination, and sorting. |
| `PDFMONKEY_LIST_WORKSPACES` | List Workspaces | Tool to list workspaces (applications). Use when you need all available workspaces for the authenticated user after login. |
| `PDFMONKEY_PREVIEW_DOCUMENT` | Preview Document | Tool to open a document preview via a PDF.js viewer. Use when you need to embed the PDF preview in an iframe after obtaining the document ID. |
| `PDFMONKEY_PREVIEW_TEMPLATE` | Preview Template | Tool to preview a template draft as a real PDF via the preview_url. Use after obtaining a template's preview_url. |
| `PDFMONKEY_UPDATE_DOCUMENT` | Update Document | Tool to update a Document’s payload, meta, or status. Use when you need to modify a document properties or regenerate it. |
| `PDFMONKEY_UPDATE_TEMPLATE` | Update Document Template | Tool to update a document template’s properties. Use when you need to modify an existing template’s content, styles, settings, engine, folder, or TTL. |
| `PDFMONKEY_VIEW_PUBLIC_SHARE_LINK` | View Public Share Link | Tool to download a publicly shared PDF via its permanent share link. Use when the document's public_share_link is enabled to fetch the PDF file directly. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK

The Pdfmonkey MCP server provides comprehensive access to Pdfmonkey operations through Composio. Once connected, you can perform all major Pdfmonkey actions directly from OpenClaw using natural language commands.

## Complete Code

None listed.

## Conclusion

### Conclusion
You've successfully integrated Pdfmonkey with OpenClaw using Composio plugin. Now interact with Pdfmonkey directly from your terminal, Web UI, or any messenger app using natural language commands.
Key benefits of this setup:
- Seamless integration across TUI, Web UIs, and Messenger apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, etc.
- Natural language commands for Pdfmonkey operations
- Managed authentication through Composio
- Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
- Programmatic tool calling for complex tool chaining
Next steps:
- Try asking OpenClaw to perform various Pdfmonkey operations
- Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits like Calendar, Slack, Notion, etc.
- Build complex automation scripts that leverage OpenClaw's 24/7 running capabilities

## How to build Pdfmonkey MCP Agent with another framework

- [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/claude-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/claude-code)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/codex)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/hermes-agent)
- [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/cli)
- [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/google-adk)
- [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/langchain)
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/ai-sdk)
- [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/mastra-ai)
- [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/llama-index)
- [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/pdfmonkey/framework/crew-ai)

## Related Toolkits

- [Google Drive](https://composio.dev/toolkits/googledrive) - Google Drive is a cloud storage platform for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files. It's perfect for keeping your documents accessible and organized across devices.
- [Google Docs](https://composio.dev/toolkits/googledocs) - Google Docs is a cloud-based word processor that enables document creation and real-time collaboration. Its seamless sharing and version history make team editing and content management a breeze.
- [Google Super](https://composio.dev/toolkits/googlesuper) - Google Super is an all-in-one suite combining Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Analytics, and more. It gives you a unified platform to manage your digital life, boosting productivity and organization.
- [Affinda](https://composio.dev/toolkits/affinda) - Affinda is an AI-powered document processing platform that automates data extraction from resumes, invoices, and more. It streamlines document-heavy workflows by turning files into structured, actionable data.
- [Agility cms](https://composio.dev/toolkits/agility_cms) - Agility CMS is a headless content management system for building and managing digital experiences across platforms. It lets teams update content quickly and deliver omnichannel experiences with ease.
- [Algodocs](https://composio.dev/toolkits/algodocs) - Algodocs is an AI-powered platform that automates data extraction from business documents. It delivers fast, secure, and accurate processing without templates or manual training.
- [Api2pdf](https://composio.dev/toolkits/api2pdf) - Api2Pdf is a REST API for generating PDFs from HTML, URLs, and documents using powerful engines like wkhtmltopdf and Headless Chrome. It streamlines document conversion and automation for developers and businesses.
- [Aryn](https://composio.dev/toolkits/aryn) - Aryn is an AI-powered platform for parsing, extracting, and analyzing data from unstructured documents. Use it to automate document processing and unlock actionable insights from your files.
- [Boldsign](https://composio.dev/toolkits/boldsign) - Boldsign is a digital eSignature platform for sending, signing, and tracking documents online. Organizations use it to automate agreements and manage legally binding workflows efficiently.
- [Boloforms](https://composio.dev/toolkits/boloforms) - BoloForms is an eSignature platform built for small businesses, offering unlimited signatures, templates, and forms. It simplifies digital document signing and team collaboration at a predictable, fixed price.
- [Box](https://composio.dev/toolkits/box) - Box is a cloud content management and file sharing platform for businesses. It helps teams securely store, organize, and collaborate on files from anywhere.
- [Carbone](https://composio.dev/toolkits/carbone) - Carbone is a blazing-fast report generator that turns JSON data into PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, and more using flexible templates. It lets you automate document creation at scale with minimal code.
- [Castingwords](https://composio.dev/toolkits/castingwords) - CastingWords is a transcription service specializing in human-powered, accurate transcripts via a simple API. Get seamless audio-to-text conversion for interviews, meetings, podcasts, and more.
- [Cloudconvert](https://composio.dev/toolkits/cloudconvert) - CloudConvert is a powerful file conversion service supporting over 200 file formats. It streamlines converting, compressing, and managing documents, media, and more, all in one place.
- [Cloudlayer](https://composio.dev/toolkits/cloudlayer) - Cloudlayer is a document and asset generation service for creating PDFs and images via API or SDKs. It lets you automate high-quality doc creation, saving dev time and reducing manual work.
- [Cloudpress](https://composio.dev/toolkits/cloudpress) - Cloudpress is a content export tool for Google Docs and Notion. It automates publishing to your favorite Content Management Systems.
- [Contentful graphql](https://composio.dev/toolkits/contentful_graphql) - Contentful graphql is a content delivery API that lets you access Contentful data using GraphQL queries. It gives you efficient, flexible ways to fetch and manage structured content for any digital project.
- [Conversion tools](https://composio.dev/toolkits/conversion_tools) - Conversion Tools is an online service for converting documents between formats such as PDF, Word, Excel, XML, and CSV. It lets you automate complex document workflows with just a few clicks.
- [Convertapi](https://composio.dev/toolkits/convertapi) - ConvertAPI is a robust file conversion service for documents, images, and spreadsheets. It streamlines programmatic format changes and lets developers automate complex workflows with a single API.
- [Craftmypdf](https://composio.dev/toolkits/craftmypdf) - CraftMyPDF is a web-based service for designing and generating PDFs with templates and live data. It streamlines document creation by automating personalized PDFs at scale.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Pdfmonkey MCP?

With a standalone Pdfmonkey MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Pdfmonkey tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Pdfmonkey and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

### Can I use Tool Router MCP with OpenClaw?

Yes, you can. OpenClaw fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Pdfmonkey tools.

### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Pdfmonkey while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Pdfmonkey scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

### How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Pdfmonkey data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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