About paperpress

paperpress is a small, focused tool: a PDF API designed for AI agents and LLM apps.

Why this exists

AI agents produce markdown by default. Everywhere else, PDF export is bad - too generic, too template-heavy, or too tied to a single client. The result: agents that can write reports but can't deliver them as something you'd actually share with a customer.

paperpress turns that markdown into a real document with proper typography, page breaks, headers, and your brand applied - all accessible through the MCP server your agent runtime already loads. One tool call, one PDF.

How it's built

The whole product is one process: a Fastify API rendering markdown through Playwright. No worker queue, no Redis, no microservices. PDFs live on disk; rate limiting is in memory. Infrastructure scales when traffic demands it, not before.

That choice is deliberate. Most of the code is rendering quality - theme CSS, page-break rules, brand-kit detection, header layouts. The bet is that craft in that work matters more than infra hygiene at this stage.

Who builds it

An independent team. Small, focused, shipping fast. The roadmap is at the bottom of the homepage and on this page, not on a slide deck.

Where we're going

• Next: Stripe wiring for credit-pack billing, npm-publishing @paperpress/mcp, custom domain.
• Soon: Cover pages and front matter, inline charts (Vega-Lite → SVG → PDF), KaTeX math.
• Later: Webhooks for async jobs, dashboard UI, a public status page.

The free tier stays free: 100 credits on signup, no card required.

How to reach us

hello@paperpress.dev - for product questions, billing, partnerships, or feedback. We read every message.