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screenshotty-mcp

Model Context Protocol server for the Screenshotty screenshot API. Lets Claude, Cursor, Cline, and any other MCP client capture web pages — or render HTML — as images or PDFs, and see the result, since images come back inline.

Get an API key

Sign up at https://screenshotty.link/sign-up?utm_source=mcp (250 screenshots/month free, no credit card) and copy a key from Dashboard → API Keys.

Related MCP server: MCP Browser Screenshot Server

Configure your client

Claude Code

claude mcp add screenshotty --env SCREENSHOTTY_API_KEY=your_key -- npx -y screenshotty-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "screenshotty": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "screenshotty-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SCREENSHOTTY_API_KEY": "your_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop config lives at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows).

Tools

Tool

What it does

screenshot_url

Screenshot a page (PNG, JPEG, WebP). Returns the hosted URL, plus the image inline when it is 2 MB or smaller. Options: viewport, full page, CSS selector, wait, ad blocking, cookie-banner blocking, light/dark mode, device scale factor.

screenshot_html

Render an HTML document (inline CSS/JS; public http(s) assets only) to PNG, JPEG, or WebP — social cards, charts, email previews. Returns the URL plus the image inline.

generate_pdf

Render a page (url) or an HTML document (html) to PDF. Returns the hosted PDF URL.

Example prompts: "Screenshot https://example.com on a 390px-wide viewport and tell me what's broken on mobile", "Save our pricing page as a PDF", "Design a 1200×630 Open Graph card for this blog post and render it".

Environment variables

Variable

Required

Default

SCREENSHOTTY_API_KEY

yes

—

SCREENSHOTTY_API_URL

no

https://api.screenshotty.link

Development

npm install
npm run build
SCREENSHOTTY_API_KEY=your_key npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js

License

MIT

This server cannot be deployed

Give agents eyes on the webHosted screenshot MCP. Send a URL, get a pixel-perfect image. $0.002 per grab. Works with Claude, Cursor, and Codex.grabbit.liveAd

Maintenance

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