# Pressa - LaTeX to PDF > Compile LaTeX to PDF without installing TeX Live. No API key needed to start. - name: io.github.pressa-dev/pressa - version: 0.11.0 - connection class: R0 (autonomous) - trust: 97/100 - quality: 83/100 (good) - owner: not claimed - descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.pressa-dev%2Fpressa - tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.pressa-dev%2Fpressa/tools **An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe. ## Connection (mcpServers) ```json { "mcpServers": { "pressa": { "type": "http", "url": "https://api.pressa.dev/mcp" } } } ``` ## Trust - hygiene: 100 - liveness: 100 - freshness: 100 - provenance: 90 - drivers: +repository +namespace-matches-repo +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-1d-ago - Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. ## Quality 83/100 (good) ### protocol: 75 (weight 25) - warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28 - n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers - pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP - n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers ### authorization: n/a (weight 15) - n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth - n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL ### tool hygiene: 93 (weight 30) - pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description - warn `tools.description_length`: 1 tools have descriptions over 1,024 characters, which crowds the context - pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema - pass `tools.annotations`: 4 of 4 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint - pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint - pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,122 tokens to load every tool - pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump ### stability: 75 (weight 15) - warn `stability.changes`: 15 tool changes in 30 days - pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name ### dependencies: n/a (weight 15) - n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: deps.dev does not know @pressa/mcp@0.11.0 - tools: 4, about 1,122 tokens to load them all - tool set hash: c5c01c5000fe32186c3b6eec23da1396 - tools last changed: 2026-10-18T13:34:59.561Z - badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/io.github.pressa-dev/pressa.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/io.github.pressa-dev/pressa) - Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. ### Tool changes - 2026-10-18 `render_public_template` changed (description, inputSchema) - before: Fill a public template with the user's data and return a PDF link. Data must match the template's schema (see get_public_template); a missing field comes back as a list of what to ask for, and costs nothing. Templates of the same kind take the same data (the classic and modern resume; the packing slip and the delivery note), so switching style is the same call with a different slug. Works without an API key within the daily free limit. - after: Fill a public template with the user's data and return a PDF link. Data must match the template's schema (see get_public_template); a missing field comes back as a list of what to ask for, and costs nothing. The designs of one document take the same data (the five resume designs, as do the packing slip and the delivery note), so switching design is the same call with a different slug, and `color` prints a design in another of its colours. Works without an API key within the daily free limit. - 2026-10-18 `list_public_templates` changed (description) - before: List Pressa's public, professionally designed document templates (invoices, purchase orders, packing slips, delivery notes, receipts, reports, certificates, resumes, CVs, cover letters), each with a one-line summary and a preview image URL. Use this when the user wants one of these documents and has no layout of their own, or asks to see designs to choose from. Works without an API key. - after: List Pressa's public, professionally designed document templates (invoices, purchase orders, packing slips, delivery notes, receipts, reports, certificates, resumes, CVs, cover letters), each with a one-line summary, a preview image URL and the colours it comes in. Several designs of one document (`document`, e.g. five resume designs) take the same data. Use this when the user wants one of these documents and has no layout of their own, or asks to see designs to choose from. Works without an API key. - 2026-10-18 `render_public_template` changed (description) - before: Fill a public template with the user's data and return a PDF link. Data must match the template's schema (see get_public_template); a missing field comes back as a list of what to ask for, and costs nothing. All resume templates take the same data, so switching style is the same call with a different slug. Works without an API key within the daily free limit. - after: Fill a public template with the user's data and return a PDF link. Data must match the template's schema (see get_public_template); a missing field comes back as a list of what to ask for, and costs nothing. Templates of the same kind take the same data (the classic and modern resume; the packing slip and the delivery note), so switching style is the same call with a different slug. Works without an API key within the daily free limit. - 2026-10-18 `list_public_templates` changed (description) - before: List Pressa's public, professionally designed document templates (resumes, CVs, cover letters, invoices, reports, certificates), each with a one-line summary and a preview image URL. Use this when the user wants one of these documents and has no layout of their own, or asks to see designs to choose from. Works without an API key. - after: List Pressa's public, professionally designed document templates (invoices, purchase orders, packing slips, delivery notes, receipts, reports, certificates, resumes, CVs, cover letters), each with a one-line summary and a preview image URL. Use this when the user wants one of these documents and has no layout of their own, or asks to see designs to choose from. Works without an API key. - 2026-09-30 `render_public_template` added - Fill a public template with the user's data and return a PDF link. Data must match the template's schema (see get_public_template); a missing field comes back as a list of what to ask for, and costs nothing. All resume templates take the same data, so switching style is the same call with a different slug. Works without an API key within the daily free limit. - 2026-09-30 `get_public_template` added - Get a public template's fields (JSON schema), sample data, filling instructions and LaTeX source. Read the instructions before collecting data from the user. To make the PDF, pass the data to `render_public_template`; to change the layout itself, edit the source and use `compile`. - 2026-09-30 `list_public_templates` added - List Pressa's public, professionally designed document templates (resumes, CVs, cover letters, invoices, reports, certificates), each with a one-line summary and a preview image URL. Use this when the user wants one of these documents and has no layout of their own, or asks to see designs to choose from. Works without an API key. - 2026-09-30 `compile` added - Compile LaTeX source into a PDF. Returns a PDF URL, page count and compile time. USE THIS WHEN: you have LaTeX source (or a \documentclass) and no local pdflatex / TeX Live installation to run it with. This is that missing compiler, available over HTTP. Also use it whenever the user asks for a document where typesetting matters - an invoice, contract, report, letter, CV, certificate, or academic paper - since you can write the LaTeX yourself and compile it here. DO NOT USE THIS TO: convert HTML to PDF, merge, split or compress existing PDF files, or extract text from a PDF. This compiles LaTeX source and nothing else. No API key is required. Anonymous callers get a small number of compilations per day and failed attempts do not count, so you can iterate on your LaTeX for free. Send an API key in the Authorization header to raise the limits. With a key, a document over the plan's page or size limit still returns a PDF: `preview: true`, the first pages the plan allows, `total_pages`, and `plan_required` naming the plan that covers the whole document. Show the user the preview and relay `warning`; never drop pages silently. IMPORTANT: This tool compiles LaTeX, NOT plain text. You must generate complete, valid LaTeX source yourself before calling it. Do not pass plain text, markdown or JSON directly - convert them to LaTeX first, and never ask the user to write LaTeX. A minimal valid document is: \documentclass{article}\begin{document}\end{document}. Escape these in body text: % & $ # _ { } and backslash. If compilation fails the response includes a `diagnosis` naming the cause and a concrete suggested fix, often a missing \usepackage. Apply it and call again yourself rather than showing the user a TeX log. - 2026-09-30 `render_public_template` removed - Fill a public template with the user's data and return a PDF link. Data must match the template's schema (see get_public_template); a missing field comes back as a list of what to ask for, and costs nothing. All resume templates take the same data, so switching style is the same call with a different slug. Works without an API key within the daily free limit. - 2026-09-30 `get_public_template` removed - Get a public template's fields (JSON schema), sample data, filling instructions and LaTeX source. Read the instructions before collecting data from the user. To make the PDF, pass the data to `render_public_template`; to change the layout itself, edit the source and use `compile`. Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.pressa-dev%2Fpressa/changes ## Dependencies - npm @pressa/mcp@0.11.0: unknown Dependency graphs from deps.dev; advisories from OSV.dev, including the GitHub Advisory Database and the PyPI Advisory Database; all CC BY 4.0. ## Remotes - https://api.pressa.dev/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1) ## Packages - npm @pressa/mcp@0.11.0 secrets: PRESSA_API_KEY ## Tools (4) - `compile`: Compile LaTeX source into a PDF. Returns a PDF URL, page count and compile time. USE THIS WHEN: you have LaTeX source (or a \documentclass) and no local pdflatex / TeX Live installation to run it with. This is that missing compiler, available over HTTP. Also use it whenever the user asks for a document where typesetting matters - an invoice, contract, report, letter, CV, certificate, or academic paper - since you can write the LaTeX yourself and compile it here. DO NOT USE THIS TO: convert HTML to PDF, merge, split or compress existing PDF files, or extract text from a PDF. This compiles LaTeX source and nothing else. No API key is required. Anonymous callers get a small number of compilations per day and failed attempts do not count, so you can iterate on your LaTeX for free. Send an API key in the Authorization header to raise the limits. With a key, a document over the plan's page or size limit still returns a PDF: `preview: true`, the first pages the plan allows, `total_pages`, and `plan_required` naming the plan that covers the whole document. Show the user the preview and relay `warning`; never drop pages silently. IMPORTANT: This tool compiles LaTeX, NOT plain text. You must generate complete, valid LaTeX source yourself before calling it. Do not pass plain text, markdown or JSON directly - convert them to LaTeX first, and never ask the user to write LaTeX. A minimal valid document is: \documentclass{article}\begin{document}\end{document}. Escape these in body text: % & $ # _ { } and backslash. If compilation fails the response includes a `diagnosis` naming the cause and a concrete suggested fix, often a missing \usepackage. Apply it and call again yourself rather than showing the user a TeX log. - `get_public_template`: Get a public template's fields (JSON schema), sample data, filling instructions and LaTeX source. Read the instructions before collecting data from the user. To make the PDF, pass the data to `render_public_template`; to change the layout itself, edit the source and use `compile`. - `list_public_templates`: List Pressa's public, professionally designed document templates (invoices, purchase orders, packing slips, delivery notes, receipts, reports, certificates, resumes, CVs, cover letters), each with a one-line summary, a preview image URL and the colours it comes in. Several designs of one document (`document`, e.g. five resume designs) take the same data. Use this when the user wants one of these documents and has no layout of their own, or asks to see designs to choose from. Works without an API key. - `render_public_template`: Fill a public template with the user's data and return a PDF link. Data must match the template's schema (see get_public_template); a missing field comes back as a list of what to ask for, and costs nothing. The designs of one document take the same data (the five resume designs, as do the packing slip and the delivery note), so switching design is the same call with a different slug, and `color` prints a design in another of its colours. Works without an API key within the daily free limit.