Returns an unique URL which you can use to redirect your user to the editor from your application or use the generated URL as iframe source to show the editor within your application. When using iframe, make sure that your browser allows third-party cookies.
AI agents call open_editor to retrieve information from PDF Generator API MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool only generates and returns a URL for the editor; it does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything itself. It is a read/fetch operation that produces a redirect or iframe URL with no side effects on data.
From the tool's definition Returns an unique URL which you can use to redirect your user to the editor
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Returns an unique URL which you can use to redirect your user to the editor from your application or use the generated URL as iframe source to show the editor within your application. When using iframe, make sure that your browser allows third-party cookies. It is categorised as a Read tool in the PDF Generator API MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the PDF Generator API MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for open_editor: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches PDF Generator API MCP Server. Nothing to install.
open_editor is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the open_editor rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for open_editor. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
open_editor is provided by the PDF Generator API MCP Server MCP server (pdfgeneratorapi/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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