LABSCO SUMMARY

Returning both the inline image and a hosted URL covers the two things you do with a screenshot, and most services give you one.

Inline means the model and the person can both look at it now; a hosted link means it can go into a ticket, a document or a message afterwards. Services that return only base64 make the second case a manual upload, and ones that return only a URL make the first case a click. Doing both costs the vendor storage and saves the caller a step. Narrow tool, correct scope: public pages only, no interaction, no waiting for state.

What it is

A single-tool website screenshot service: it renders a public page and returns the image inline plus a hosted URL and page details.

What you get

take_screenshot captures any public URL, returning the image directly into the conversation as well as a hosted link — so the result is both viewable now and shareable later.

Requirements

SCREENSHOTRENDER_API_KEY. It renders public pages, so anything behind a login is out of scope.

Setup effort

One command plus a key — npx -y screenshotrender-mcp, then supply credentials

See installation options

USE CASES

01

Seeing what a page looks like

Capture it and get the image in the conversation, without leaving the client to open a browser.

take_screenshot

02

Putting a screenshot somewhere else

Use the hosted URL it returns alongside the image, rather than re-uploading what you were just shown.

take_screenshot

1 tool

Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.

`take_screenshot`

Capture a screenshot of any public website using ScreenshotRender. Returns the rendered image inline plus a hosted URL and basic page metadata (title, description). Use this whenever the user wants to see, save, or share what a web page looks like.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL

What to know first

Tools you get

1 tool when we connected.

Requires

npx on PATH
SCREENSHOTRENDER_API_KEY in your environment

Where it runs

All 4 documented clients run the server on your machine.

CONTEXT COST

Light Standing cost

Rated by the size of the one tool definition that rides along on every turn

INSTALLATION

Connect your client

Server setup

TERMINAL

npx -y screenshotrender-mcp

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "screenshotrender": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "screenshotrender-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCREENSHOTRENDER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SCREENSHOTRENDER_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

VS CODE · JSON

{
  "servers": {
    "screenshotrender": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "screenshotrender-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCREENSHOTRENDER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SCREENSHOTRENDER_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

ScreenshotRender