Generate documents with AI agents

Point any MCP client — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot — at mcp.shippdf.com. The agent designs the template, publishes it, and generates the finished PDF from your data. Scoped keys decide exactly what it can touch.

# Your agent calls ShipPDF's MCP tools at mcp.shippdf.com

create_template({ name: "Invoice", document: { /* pages + data fields */ } })
→ { template_id: "tpl_8f...", lock_version: 1 }

publish_template({ template_id: "tpl_8f..." })
→ { published_revision: 1 }

generate_document({
  template_id: "tpl_8f...",
  data: { number: "INV-1042", customer: "Acme Co." }
})
→ { document_ref: "doc_a3...", status: "queued" }

get_document({ document_ref: "doc_a3..." })
→ { status: "completed", pdf_url: "…/inv-1042.pdf" }

Want to see it end to end? Walk through the setup in Connect ShipPDF to your AI assistant.

How an agent builds and ships a document

Creates the template. The agent calls create_template with a structured document — the data fields and the laid-out pages — no brittle HTML to hand-write.
Publishes a revision. publish_template turns the draft into an immutable, versioned revision that can be rendered against.
Generates the PDF. generate_document with your data returns a document_ref; the agent polls get_document for the hosted pdf_url.

Why route it through MCP

Model-agnostic. Works with any MCP client — you are not locked to one AI provider.
Structured, versioned templates. Templates are JSON documents, not fragile markup; drafts publish to immutable revisions.
Scoped keys. Grant only templates:write or documents:create — the agent can do exactly that and no more.
One set of templates. What an agent builds is the same template your API and no-code flows use.

Questions

Can an AI agent create a document template?

Yes. Through ShipPDF’s MCP server, an agent can create, update and publish a template as a structured document — data fields plus laid-out pages — then generate PDFs from it. Templates are versioned: drafts publish to immutable revisions an agent can render against.

Which AI models work with ShipPDF?

Any MCP-compatible client — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot. ShipPDF does not embed a model; it exposes tools your agent calls, so you are never locked to one provider.