# ShipPDF > ShipPDF is an AI-native document automation platform. Your AI assistant connects to ShipPDF to help build a reusable template, then ShipPDF turns your data into finished, branded PDFs any way you work: a chat message, a form, or an API call. Design one template and generate every invoice, contract, label, report and certificate at scale. ShipPDF is live and self-serve. A free tier is available (10 documents per month, no card required), alongside paid Starter, Pro and Business plans billed per document generated. How it works: design a template in the visual editor (or have an AI assistant build it for you), connect your data where it already lives, then generate each document from a chat message, a form, an event, a schedule, or an API or MCP call. ## Core pages - [Home](https://shippdf.com/): What ShipPDF is and how it automates document generation. - [AI integrations](https://shippdf.com/agents/): Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or any MCP agent to create templates and generate PDFs from a conversation. - [Visual editor](https://shippdf.com/editor/): Design templates with dynamic tables, data fields, images, barcodes and fillable forms, then reuse the design for every document. - [Pricing](https://shippdf.com/pricing/): Free tier plus Starter, Pro and Business plans, billed per document generated. - [Expert partners](https://shippdf.com/partners/): Apply to build client document workflows with customer introductions, 6,000 annual Starter credits, direct team support and an annual partnership review. ## Documentation - [Docs overview](https://shippdf.com/docs/): Generate PDFs from published templates over a REST API or MCP. - [Quickstart](https://shippdf.com/docs/quickstart/): From template design to your first generated document. - [Quickstart using the app](https://shippdf.com/docs/quickstart/app/): Enter data, generate, and download a PDF in the app. - [Quickstart using the API](https://shippdf.com/docs/quickstart/api/): Send template data with REST, wait for completion, and download. - [Quickstart using an AI assistant](https://shippdf.com/docs/quickstart/ai/): Generate a PDF through an existing MCP connection. - [Concepts](https://shippdf.com/docs/concepts/): Templates, documents, data schemas and how they fit together. - [Authentication](https://shippdf.com/docs/authentication/): How to authenticate API requests. - [API reference](https://shippdf.com/docs/api/): Full REST API reference rendered from the OpenAPI spec. ## MCP (AI assistant connection) - [MCP overview](https://shippdf.com/docs/mcp/): Connect an AI assistant to ShipPDF over the Model Context Protocol. - [MCP authentication](https://shippdf.com/docs/mcp/authentication/): Authorize an MCP client to your workspace. - [MCP permissions](https://shippdf.com/docs/mcp/permissions/): What a connected agent can and cannot do. - [Author a template with MCP](https://shippdf.com/docs/mcp/author-template/): Have an AI assistant build and publish a template. - [Generate a PDF with MCP](https://shippdf.com/docs/mcp/generate-pdf/): Generate a finished document from your data. - [Limits and errors](https://shippdf.com/docs/mcp/limits-and-errors/): Rate limits and how errors are reported. ## Editor guides - [Elements](https://shippdf.com/docs/editor/elements/): Text, images, tables, barcodes and other building blocks. - [Pages](https://shippdf.com/docs/editor/pages/): Page size, orientation and page setup for labels and documents. - [Data field bindings](https://shippdf.com/docs/editor/data-field-bindings/): Bind template fields to your data. - [Schema and default data](https://shippdf.com/docs/editor/schema-default-data/): Define a data schema and sample data for previews. ## Solutions - [Solutions overview](https://shippdf.com/solutions/): Ways to generate documents with ShipPDF. - [Invoice PDFs from JSON](https://shippdf.com/solutions/invoice-pdf-from-json/): Turn a JSON payload into a finished invoice PDF with one API call. - [AI document generation over MCP](https://shippdf.com/solutions/ai-document-generation/): Point any MCP client at ShipPDF to build a template and generate a PDF from your data. ## Use cases - [All use cases](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/): Document types ShipPDF generates, by team. - [Invoices](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/invoices/): Branded PDF invoices with dynamic line-item tables and totals. - [Proposals and quotes](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/proposals/): Consistent proposals from deal scope, deliverables and pricing. - [Contracts and agreements](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/contracts/): Approved wording filled with names, dates, terms and conditional clauses. - [Reports and inspections](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/reports/): Structured reports from measurements, observations and images. - [Certificates and awards](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/certificates/): Personalized certificates from one branded template. - [Product labels](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/product-labels/): Labels with SKUs, prices, variants and QR codes or barcodes. - [Shipping address labels](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/shipping-labels/): Address labels with recipient details, order references and barcodes. - [Packing slips](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/packing-slips/): Packing slips with recipient, order reference, quantities and instructions. - [Product datasheets](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/product-datasheets/): Spec sheets from specifications, descriptions and photographs. - [RMA forms and returns](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/rma-forms/): Return authorization forms from your return records. - [Appraisal certificates](https://shippdf.com/use-cases/appraisal-certificates/): Appraisal certificates with photographs, materials, measurements and value. ## Blog - [Introducing ShipPDF](https://shippdf.com/blog/introducing-shippdf/): Why we built ShipPDF and what it does. - [Connect ShipPDF to your AI assistant](https://shippdf.com/blog/connect-shippdf-to-your-ai-assistant/): Generate documents from a conversation with an AI assistant. ## Company - [About](https://shippdf.com/about/): About ShipPDF. - [Sign up](https://app.shippdf.com/users/register): Create a ShipPDF account and start generating documents on the free tier. - [Privacy policy](https://shippdf.com/privacy/) - [Terms of service](https://shippdf.com/terms/) ## Optional - [Español](https://shippdf.com/es/): ShipPDF in neutral Latin American Spanish. Every page above has a Spanish counterpart under the /es/ prefix.