AI PDF Builder
Generate professional PDFs from Markdown with AI-powered content generation. Perfect for:
- •Whitepapers & Litepapers
- •Term Sheets
- •SAFEs & NDAs
- •Memos & Reports
- •Legal Agreements
What's New in v1.1.0
- •AI Content Generation - Generate documents from prompts using Claude
- •
--companyFlag - Inject company name directly via CLI - •
enhanceCommand - Improve existing content with AI - •
summarizeCommand - Generate executive summaries from documents - •Content Sanitization - Automatic cleanup of AI-generated content
Requirements
Option A: Local Generation (Free, Unlimited)
bash
# macOS brew install pandoc brew install --cask basictex sudo tlmgr install collection-fontsrecommended fancyhdr titlesec enumitem xcolor booktabs longtable geometry hyperref graphicx setspace array multirow # Linux sudo apt-get install pandoc texlive-full
Option B: Cloud API (Coming Soon) No install required. Get API key at ai-pdf-builder.com
For AI Features: Set your Anthropic API key:
bash
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-key-here"
Usage
Check System
bash
npx ai-pdf-builder check
Generate via CLI
bash
# From markdown file npx ai-pdf-builder generate whitepaper ./content.md -o output.pdf # With company name npx ai-pdf-builder generate whitepaper ./content.md -o output.pdf --company "Acme Corp" # Document types: whitepaper, memo, agreement, termsheet, safe, nda, report, proposal
AI Content Generation (New!)
bash
# Generate a whitepaper from a prompt npx ai-pdf-builder ai whitepaper "Write a whitepaper about decentralized identity" -o identity.pdf # Generate with company branding npx ai-pdf-builder ai whitepaper "AI in healthcare" -o healthcare.pdf --company "HealthTech Inc" # Generate other document types npx ai-pdf-builder ai termsheet "Series A for a fintech startup" -o termsheet.pdf npx ai-pdf-builder ai memo "Q4 strategy update" -o memo.pdf --company "TechCorp"
Enhance Existing Content (New!)
bash
# Improve and expand existing markdown npx ai-pdf-builder enhance ./draft.md -o enhanced.md # Enhance and convert to PDF in one step npx ai-pdf-builder enhance ./draft.md -o enhanced.pdf --pdf
Summarize Documents (New!)
bash
# Generate executive summary npx ai-pdf-builder summarize ./long-document.md -o summary.md # Summarize as PDF npx ai-pdf-builder summarize ./report.pdf -o summary.pdf --pdf
Generate via Code
typescript
import { generateWhitepaper, generateTermsheet, generateSAFE, aiGenerate, enhance, summarize } from 'ai-pdf-builder';
// AI-Generated Whitepaper
const aiResult = await aiGenerate('whitepaper',
'Write about blockchain scalability solutions',
{ company: 'ScaleChain Labs' }
);
// Whitepaper from content
const result = await generateWhitepaper(
'# My Whitepaper\n\nContent here...',
{ title: 'Project Name', author: 'Your Name', version: 'v1.0', company: 'Acme Corp' }
);
if (result.success) {
fs.writeFileSync('whitepaper.pdf', result.buffer);
}
// Enhance existing content
const enhanced = await enhance(existingMarkdown);
// Summarize a document
const summary = await summarize(longDocument);
// Term Sheet with company
const termsheet = await generateTermsheet(
'# Series Seed Term Sheet\n\n## Investment Amount\n\n$500,000...',
{ title: 'Series Seed', subtitle: 'Your Company Inc.', company: 'Investor LLC' }
);
// SAFE
const safe = await generateSAFE(
'# Simple Agreement for Future Equity\n\n...',
{ title: 'SAFE Agreement', subtitle: 'Your Company Inc.' }
);
Document Types
| Type | Function | Best For |
|---|---|---|
whitepaper | generateWhitepaper() | Technical docs, litepapers |
memo | generateMemo() | Executive summaries |
agreement | generateAgreement() | Legal contracts |
termsheet | generateTermsheet() | Investment terms |
safe | generateSAFE() | SAFE agreements |
nda | generateNDA() | Non-disclosure agreements |
report | generateReport() | Business reports |
proposal | generateProposal() | Business proposals |
Custom Branding
typescript
const result = await generateWhitepaper(content, metadata, {
customColors: {
primary: '#E85D04', // Signal Orange
secondary: '#14B8A6', // Coordinate Teal
accent: '#0D0D0D' // Frontier Dark
},
fontSize: 11,
margin: '1in',
paperSize: 'letter'
});
Agent Instructions
When a user asks to generate a PDF:
- •Check what type of document they need (whitepaper, term sheet, memo, etc.)
- •Determine if they want AI generation or have existing content
- •Get the content - either from their message, a file, or use AI to generate
- •Ask for metadata if not provided (title, author, company name)
- •Use
--companyflag to inject company branding - •Check if Pandoc is installed:
which pandoc - •If Pandoc missing, provide install instructions or suggest cloud API
- •Generate the PDF using the appropriate function
- •Send the PDF file to the user
AI Commands Quick Reference:
- •
ai <type> "<prompt>"- Generate new document from prompt - •
enhance <file>- Improve existing content - •
summarize <file>- Create executive summary - •
--company "Name"- Add company branding to any command