Connect PDFMonkey with Hookshot™ and your stack

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

Tools and triggers

What Agents can do in PDFMonkey

Available tools and events after PDFMonkey is connected.

  • 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.

  • Create Document Sync

    Tool to create a document and wait for generation to finish. Use when immediate PDF is needed.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Delete PDFMonkey Document Template

    Tool to delete a document template by ID. Use when you need to remove obsolete templates after validation.

  • 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…

  • Get Current User

    Tool to retrieve details about the currently authenticated user. Use when you need account info (quota, plan, email, locale) after authentication.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • List Template Cards

    List all document template cards for a workspace. Use this action to: - Retrieve all templates available in a workspace - Filter templates by folder (or get only root folder templates with folders='none') - Paginate…

  • List Workspaces

    Tool to list workspaces (applications). Use when you need all available workspaces for the authenticated user after login.

  • Preview Template

    Fetches the template preview viewer page from PDFMonkey's preview_url. Returns an HTML viewer page that displays the rendered template draft. Use this after obtaining a template's preview_url via Get Template or List…

  • Update Document

    Updates an existing PDFMonkey document's payload, metadata, template, or status. Common use cases: - Modify document data (payload) before generation - Change the template used for the document - Add or update custom…

  • Update Document Template

    Tool to update a document template’s properties. Use when you need to modify an existing template’s content, styles, settings, engine, folder, or TTL.

  • View Public Share Link

    Tool to download a publicly shared PDF via its permanent share link. Use when the document's public_share_link is enabled to fetch the PDF file directly.

Setup

Connect PDFMonkey in Hookshot™

Pick a scope, then confirm what can start a Protege and what it can do.

Trigger Access

What can start a Protege from this app.

Tool Access

What a Protege can do after it starts.

Connection scope

Prefer team for production.

Team

Shared credential for production and unattended runs.

Personal

Tied to one user—only when the workflow needs their account.

Chat

Team-scoped for supported chat surfaces.

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