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Rendex MCP server

Turn web pages, HTML, or Markdown into images, PDFs, and share links right from your AI chat.

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Rendex is a service that takes a web page, some HTML, or some Markdown and turns it into a picture or a PDF. This MCP server connects that service to your AI assistant, so you can just ask for a screenshot or a PDF in plain words. It is handy if you often need to save pages, make reports, or create shareable images without leaving the chat.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat. It cannot reach out and grab a picture of a website or make a PDF. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill. This one connects your AI to Rendex, so when you ask for a screenshot or a PDF, the AI passes your request to Rendex and brings the result back to you.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something like 'take a screenshot of this page' or 'turn this Markdown into a PDF'. The AI uses this helper to send the request to Rendex. Rendex opens the page in a real browser, waits for it to load, and takes the picture or builds the PDF. Then it sends the file or a link back, and your AI shows it to you in the chat.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Turn this Markdown report into a branded PDF”, the Rendex MCP server works in steps: send your request, then open and load the page, then make the file, and you get back image, PDF, or link in your chat.

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What you can do with it

Take a screenshot of any web page as PNG, JPEG, or WebP
Turn a web page into a PDF with page size and margins you choose
Render raw HTML or Markdown into an image or PDF
Capture a page as it would look in another country
Extract just the readable article text from a page
Create a hosted image link you can drop into a website
Make a branded PDF or PNG with your logo and colors
Watch a page and get told when it changes

Try asking your AI

“Take a screenshot of https://example.com”
“Turn this Markdown report into a branded PDF with our logo”
“Extract the article text from this page as Markdown”
“Watch https://example.com/pricing and tell me when it changes”

What it gives back to you

Depending on what you ask, you get back an image file, a PDF, or a link to a hosted copy. For text extraction, you get clean Markdown or structured JSON. For watches, you get a summary of changes with before and after links. Everything shows up right in your chat.

Before you start

What you need

A Rendex account (free plan gives 100 renders a month)
Your Rendex API key (a kind of password you get from rendex.dev)
An MCP-capable AI client like Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf

Good to know

Rendering uses credits from your Rendex plan, and some features like geo-targeting or webhooks need a paid plan.

Install it with your AI

Add Rendex MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

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Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Rendex MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.