--- title: "Connect Rendex to PDFGate - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Completed Screenshot\" fires in Rendex, your agent runs \"Get Document\" in PDFGate." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-pdfgate" --- # Connect Rendex to PDFGate When **New Completed Screenshot** fires in [Rendex](https://apiant.ai/connections/rendex), your agent runs **Get Document** in [PDFGate](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdfgate). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Rendex **1** trigger Rendex **13** actions PDFGate **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Rendex and PDFGate to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Rendex can start in PDFGate - When **New Completed Screenshot** in Rendex then **Get Document** in PDFGate - When **New Completed Screenshot** in Rendex then **Delete Document** in PDFGate Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Rendex and PDFGate ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 20 actions - Trigger **New Completed Screenshot** Triggers when a background screenshot or PDF capture finishes. - Action **Capture Screenshot** Captures a webpage or HTML as a PNG, JPEG, WebP, or PDF file. - Action **Capture Screenshot (Background)** Queues a screenshot or PDF capture as a background job and returns a Job ID. - Action **Create Render Link** Create a hosted, auto-caching image or PDF link for a URL, HTML, or Markdown — perfect for og:image social preview tags. - Action **Extract Text From a Web Page** Get the clean article text (Markdown) from any URL. - Action **Find Website Watch** Finds a watch by ID and returns its current status and details. - Action **Generate PDF** Generates a PDF from a webpage or HTML with custom page size, margins, and orientation. - Action **Get Account** Returns the account's plan, usage, and upgrade info. - Action **Get Job Status** Finds a background job by ID and returns its status and result URL. - Action **List Website Watches** Returns all configured website watches for the account. - Action **List Website Watch Runs** Returns the run history (check results/changes) for a given website watch. - Action **Run a Check Now** Trigger an immediate check of a watch, outside its normal schedule. - Action **Test a Website Watch** Try out a watch on a page once, without creating it — check the page can be read and see what Rendex captures before you start monitoring. - Action **Update Website Watch** Change a watch's schedule, alerts, or settings — or pause and resume it. - Action **Compress PDF** Reduces the file size of a PDF without changing its visual appearance, optionally linearizing it for Fast Web View. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a document from PDFGate by its ID. - Action **Extract PDF Form Data** Reads every form field in a fillable PDF and returns each field's current value, from an uploaded PDF or a document already stored in PDFGate. - Action **Flatten PDF** Converts an interactive PDF (fillable form fields or annotations) into a static, non-editable PDF — either the whole document or only the named form fields. Creates a new flattened document in PDFGate and returns it. - Action **Generate PDF** Converts HTML content or a public web page URL into a PDF document and returns the stored document record, including a temporary download link. - Action **Get Document** Retrieve a PDFGate document by its ID. - Action **Watermark PDF** Adds a text or image watermark to a PDF, supplied either as a file or as the id of a document already stored in PDFGate, and returns the new watermarked document. ## Each app on its own - [ **Rendex** Rendex is a screenshot and rendering API that turns URLs or HTML into pixel-perfect images and PDFs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/rendex) - [ **PDFGate** PDFGate is a fast, developer-friendly HTML-to-PDF API with support for forms, custom styling, and full...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdfgate) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Rendex - [ **Rendex to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-salesforce) - [ **Rendex to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-slack) - [ **Rendex to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-stripe) - [ **Rendex to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-shopify) - [ **Rendex to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-trello) - [ **Rendex to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-zoom) ## More into PDFGate - [ **HubSpot to PDFGate** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdfgate) - [ **Salesforce to PDFGate** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdfgate) - [ **Slack to PDFGate** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdfgate) - [ **Google Sheets to PDFGate** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdfgate) - [ **Gmail to PDFGate** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdfgate) - [ **Google Calendar to PDFGate** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdfgate) Questions ## Rendex and PDFGate, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Rendex? Any of Rendex's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Completed Screenshot. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PDFGate when something happens in Rendex? Any of PDFGate's 7 actions, including Compress PDF, Extract PDF Form Data, Flatten PDF and Generate PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PDFGate to Rendex? PDFGate has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Rendex. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDFGate's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Rendex or PDFGate? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Rendex and PDFGate without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.