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io.github.edwinorange/emboss · v1.10.0

Make any PDF form fillable, fill it from data or documents, read it back, and fax the result.

Connect Remote server

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http emboss https://api.getemboss.ai/mcp
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "emboss": {
      "url": "https://api.getemboss.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "emboss": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.getemboss.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://api.getemboss.ai/mcp

Tools 28 found in our last check

  • list_forms

    Forms in the user's Emboss library. state: ready (default), processing, failed, or all. Paginate with cursor.

  • get_form

    Status of one form. When ready, returns every field (id, label, kind, options, required) and a download link for the fillable PDF.

  • find_form

    Find a blank government form in the Emboss library by name or number, ready to fill. Search the Emboss library of blank government forms by name, number, alias or place (w9, W-9, form w 9 and taxpayer identification all find the same form). When a form belongs to a state or coun…

  • get_usage

    This month's usage and how many free operations remain, plus the billing page link. It also says whether a payment method is on file (payment_method_on_file) and whether the account can send a fax today (fax_ready). Faxes need a payment method: check fax_ready before send_fax.

  • create_form

    Turn a flat or scanned PDF form into a fillable PDF with detected fields. Upload a PDF (pdf_url: public https link, or pdf_base64) and detect its fields. Returns when detection finishes (usually under two minutes). Give library=<slug> from find_form to start from a form Emboss a…

  • delete_form

    Permanently removes a form and its PDFs from the user's library. Pass dry_run=true to rehearse this call without doing it: nothing is stored, charged or sent, and no AI is used. The answer says whether the real call would succeed or be refused, what it would cost, and what a reh…

  • fill_form

    Fill a PDF form from structured data such as JSON or key-value answers. Fill a ready form with values keyed by field id or field label. Checkboxes take yes or no; choice fields need one of their options. To lock the filled PDF, call flatten_pdf with its artifact_id; fill_form it…

  • fill_form_from_context

    Fill a PDF form using facts found in supporting documents. Emboss reads the answers out of context_text and/or context_urls (public https links to PDFs, Word, spreadsheets, images, or text) and fills the form. Give form_id for a form already in the library, or pdf_url/pdf_base64…

  • prepare_form

    Prepare a form from documents: a proposal of every answer with its source, what is missing, and where documents disagree, before writing, plus attachments for a package. Same inputs as fill_form_from_context (form_id for a form already in the library, or pdf_url/pdf_base64 for a…

  • get_job

    Status of a fill_form_from_context, prepare_form, or commit_proposal job. When ready, returns the download link, how many fields were filled, and for a commit, the result, receipt_url and, when one was asked for, package_url.

  • suggest_mapping

    Propose which spreadsheet columns fill which PDF form fields. Given a CSV (csv_text or csv_url), proposes which column fills which field. Only the header row matters. Billed as one context fill (5 free each month). Pass dry_run=true to rehearse this call without doing it: nothin…

  • fill_batch

    Fill one copy of a PDF form for every row of a spreadsheet. Fill a form for every row of a CSV (csv_text or csv_url, up to 1000 rows). mapping is {column: field_id}; omit it to use the suggested mapping. If mapping is omitted, suggest_mapping runs first and is billed as one cont…

  • get_batch

    Progress of a fill_batch run with a download link per finished row (100 at a time; pass next_cursor as cursor for the next 100) and a zip link when done.

  • commit_proposal

    Write or confirm the answers, render the form with text that fits, check it, and return the PDF with a report and a receipt, or one submission package. Give the proposal_id from prepare_form; confirm is a list of field ids whose proposed value is accepted as it is (the ids get_p…

  • get_proposal

    Prepare a form from documents: a proposal of every answer with its source, what is missing, and where documents disagree, before writing, plus attachments for a package. Read a proposal by its proposal_id: every field's state, its candidate values with evidence, and the question…

  • verify_form

    Check a filled form: required fields, allowed options, consistent choices, text that fits, empty signature boxes; returns complete, review required or incomplete. Give a form_id and the filled PDF (pdf_url: public https link, or pdf_base64). Billed as one verify; the first 5 eac…

  • read_form

    Read the values out of a filled PDF form, labelled by field, with a completeness verdict when the form is known. Give the filled PDF (pdf_url: public https link, or pdf_base64) and, when you know it, form_id. Returns every form box in the file with its value and whether it is fi…

  • add_attachment

    Prepare a form from documents: a proposal of every answer with its source, what is missing, and where documents disagree, before writing, plus attachments for a package. Attach one document (file_url: public https link, or file_base64) to a proposal from prepare_form. PDF, PNG a…

  • send_fax

    Send a PDF to a fax number and track delivery, priced per transmitted page. Give a destination in E.164 form (for example +15025551212; US, Canadian and Mexican numbers only) and the PDF: an artifact_id from any earlier result, a job_id from fill_form_from_context or commit_prop…

  • get_fax

    Delivery status and receipt of a send_fax job. status is queued, working, delivered, failed or expired; keep checking about every 20 seconds until it is delivered, failed or expired. A busy, unanswered or dropped call is retried automatically up to three more times over about 17…

  • compose_pdf

    Free. Build one PDF from pages of several artifacts, in the order and rotation you name. Build one PDF from several artifacts: sources is a list of {artifact_id, pages, rotate}; pages is a selection like 1-3,7 (omit for every page), rotate is 90, 180 or 270. Returns the new arti…

  • merge_pdf

    Free. Join whole PDFs into one file in the order given. Join whole PDFs in order: sources is a list of {artifact_id}. Returns the new artifact_id and a download_url (a link that works for about an hour). For page selections use compose_pdf.

  • extract_pages

    Free. Keep only the pages you name from a PDF, in the order you name them. Keep only the pages named in pages (1-based, like 2,5-9, repeats and any order allowed) from artifact_id. Returns the new artifact_id and a download_url (a link that works for about an hour).

  • delete_pages

    Free. Remove the pages you name from a PDF and keep the rest in order. Remove the pages named in pages (1-based, like 1-2,17) from artifact_id; every other page stays in order. Returns the new artifact_id and a download_url (a link that works for about an hour).

  • reorder_pages

    Free. Put a PDF's pages in a new order you give, every page exactly once. Reorder artifact_id's pages: order lists every page number exactly once, in the new order. Returns the new artifact_id and a download_url (a link that works for about an hour).

  • rotate_pages

    Free. Rotate the pages you name by 90, 180 or 270 degrees. Rotate pages of artifact_id: rotations is a list of {pages, degrees} with degrees 90, 180 or 270, added clockwise to each page's current rotation. Returns the new artifact_id and a download_url (a link that works for abo…

  • inspect_pdf

    Free. Report a PDF's structure: page count, page sizes and rotations, encryption, form fields, annotations. Structural facts about artifact_id: page count, page sizes and rotations, whether it is encrypted, has form fields, annotations, outlines, embedded files or JavaScript. No…

  • flatten_pdf

    Free. Lock a filled form: draw every field's value and every comment into the page so nothing can be edited. Lock artifact_id, usually the filled PDF from fill_form: every field's value, checkbox and comment becomes part of the page, no fields stay editable, links keep working,…

Details

Endpointhttps://api.getemboss.ai/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
First published12 Nov 2026
Last updated12 Nov 2026
Registry nameio.github.edwinorange/emboss

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