Integration

Placid integration

Placid creative automation API: render a designed template into an image, a multi page PDF or a short video by overriding its named layers with text, pictures and QR codes, follow the generation until it is finished, merge PDFs, deliver the result straight to object storage, and manage the templates of the account. Rendering is queued by default, an item starting as queued and becoming finished or error. Requests authenticate with a bearer token.

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When this happens, do that in Placid.Built from the 15 Placid tools below, on the connection you add once.

Common Placid use cases

organising templates with tags
cleaning up documents after delivery
cleaning up videos after publication
producing a designed one page report
waiting for a video before publishing it
removing a template that is no longer used
discovering which layers a template exposes
binding several rendered pages into one file
provisioning a template variant per customer
waiting for a queued image before posting it

What you can do with Placid

Each of these is one operation on one endpoint, available both as a workflow step and as a tool an AI agent can call on its own. Nothing bundles several operations into one action, so what a run did stays readable afterwards.

Most endpoints run on the free plan. A few, mainly the ones that publish on your behalf, need a paid plan.

Template, 5 operations

create_templateCreate templatePOSTCreates a Placid template or duplicates an existing one.
delete_templateDelete templateDELETEDeletes a Placid template.
get_templateGet templateGETReads one Placid template and the layers it exposes.
list_templatesList templatesGETLists Placid templates with optional collection, name and tag filters.
update_templateUpdate templatePATCHUpdates the title, tags or stored data of a Placid template.

Pdf, 4 operations

create_pdfCreate pdfPOSTRenders a Placid PDF whose pages each come from a template.
delete_pdfDelete pdfDELETEDeletes a rendered Placid PDF.
get_pdfGet pdfGETChecks whether a Placid PDF is rendered and reads its link.
merge_pdfsMerge pdfsPOSTMerges PDFs into one Placid document.

Image, 3 operations

create_imageCreate imagePOSTRenders a Placid template into an image with the layers you override.
delete_imageDelete imageDELETEDeletes a rendered Placid image.
get_imageGet imageGETChecks whether a Placid image is rendered and reads its link.

Video, 3 operations

create_videoCreate videoPOSTRenders a Placid video from a sequence of template based clips.
delete_videoDelete videoDELETEDeletes a rendered Placid video.
get_videoGet videoGETChecks whether a Placid video is rendered and reads its link.

Use Placid from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Connect Placid in LiveContext, create an API key in Settings, then add the LiveContext MCP server to your client. Its Placid operations become tools the client can call, next to every other integration you connected.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http livecontext https://livecontext.ai/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.livecontext]
url = "https://livecontext.ai/mcp"

[mcp_servers.livecontext.http_headers]
"X-API-Key" = "YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other JSON configs

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livecontext": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://livecontext.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Set up the MCP server step by step

How to connect Placid

Create your workspace
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Connect Placid once
Add your Placid connection in Settings. Every tool from this integration reuses it, and secrets are encrypted at rest and visible only to you.
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The workflow builds itself in front of you and picks the endpoints it needs. Drag the steps yourself on the canvas whenever you would rather be explicit.

Placid integration FAQ

What can you do with the Placid integration?

LiveContext exposes 15 operations on Placid, covering template, pdf, image and video. Common uses include organising templates with tags, cleaning up documents after delivery and cleaning up videos after publication.