Screenshotty

Name: Screenshotty
Author: nihey

@niheyMCP server · External

Capture web pages as screenshots (returned inline) or PDFs via the Screenshotty API.

PDF toolsv1.1.0MITTypeScript

Freeno charge per call

How to install

Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.

What it does

Reads
Writes
High impact

At most: only reads or looks up information.

What it costs

Free

Odel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.

Runs locally over stdio

This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).

npmscreenshotty-mcpv1.1.0

Run

npx -y screenshotty-mcp

MCP client config

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

README1 min readView on GitHub

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.

Configure your client

Claude Code

bash

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

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline

json

{
  "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

bash

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

License

MIT

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