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MCP Just for API Specs?

Has anyone messed with making an mcp server for you backend API? I don't actually want the ai to use my backend, I just want to dynamically give it context for backend specs / schemas (for/from a fastapi openapi.json file). My types files are getting large enough for it to be too much context to provide all at once.

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What libraries are you using for PDF Generation?

I've used every single PDF library that you could possibly name in python and c++, and I haven't found a great solution for generating good looking pdfs. Would love to know what y'all are using.Example: Generating an invoice. Generating a user-facing report.I'm currently using reportlab, but am struggling with poor examples, And converting HTML to PDF has not been reliable.

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