# PDFMonkey AI integration on Definable

> PDFMonkey is a service that automates the generation of PDF documents from templates, allowing users to create professional PDFs programmatically.

## What this connects

PDFMonkey is a service that automates the generation of PDF documents from templates, allowing users to create professional PDFs programmatically.

Vendor: https://pdfmonkey.io/

## Tools available

**18** tools available. First 12:

- `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 — Creates a new PDF document template in PDFMonkey. Use this to define reusable templates with HTML/Liquid content and CSS styles for generating PDF documents. Typical workflow: Create template → Preview with draft content → Publish → Generate documents. The template supports Liquid templating syntax (e.g., {{variable_name}}) for dynamic content injection. Only 'identifier' is required; all other fields have sensible defaults.
- `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. Verify document status is 'success' (not 'draft' or 'pending') via PDFMONKEY_GET_DOCUMENT before downloading to avoid incomplete files. 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. Returns the full document record including payload, meta, logs, and download URL. Note: download_url is time-limited; if a download attempt fails, call GetDocument again to obtain a fresh URL. Check the status field for a finalized (non-draft) state before passing the record to downstream processing tools.
- `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 — Lists all available PDF rendering engines in PDFMonkey. Returns engine IDs, version names, numeric versions, and deprecation status. Use this to select a PDF engine when creating templates or generating documents. Recommended: Use the latest non-deprecated engine (e.g., v5 or highest version).

## Auth

Auth schemes: `API_KEY`.

## How agents use PDFMonkey

Inside a Definable workflow, PDFMonkey is one of the tools the **Distributor specialist** can call. Example coordination patterns:

- **Researcher → PDFMonkey** — the Researcher (GPT-5.5) pulls context from PDFMonkey (records, threads, documents), synthesises findings, and briefs the rest of the team.
- **Writer → Distributor → PDFMonkey** — the Writer (Claude Opus 4.7) drafts copy in brand voice, the Verifier passes it, then the Distributor writes the result into PDFMonkey (create record, post message, draft email).
- **Designer / Engineer → Distributor → PDFMonkey** — the Designer ships an asset or the Engineer ships a code change, the Distributor delivers it via PDFMonkey (attach file, open PR comment, post status).

The Verifier checks every PDFMonkey call. On rate limit, schema drift, or auth refresh it self-heals and retries — the workflow completes without manual intervention.

## Categories

- documents — https://definable.ai/apps/category/documents/
- developer tools — https://definable.ai/apps/category/developer-tools/

## Related

- HTML page: https://definable.ai/apps/pdfmonkey/
- Same category (documents): https://definable.ai/apps/category/documents/
- All integrations: https://definable.ai/apps/
- Workflow (multi-agent loop): https://definable.ai/workflow/
- Apps llms.txt index: https://definable.ai/llms-apps.txt