Site Shot MCP Server

Give Claude, Cursor, and other AI agents the ability to see any web page - take website screenshots with Site-Shot over the Model Context Protocol. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with capture and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in JavaScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-19 · ★ 3 · #89 OF 278 MAINTAINED API INTEGRATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

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01 · Install Site Shot

before you install - you'll need

SITESHOT_API_KEY

Environment variables documented in the project's README - it lists which are required and which have defaults.

Claude Code

claude mcp add site-shot-site-shot-mcp -- npx -y site-shot-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

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

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package site-shot-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.site-shot is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Site Shot can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 2 documented tools, including capture_screenshot, capture_full_page.

The 2 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what Site-Shot lets an agent do.

capture_screenshot: - Screenshot a web page (viewport by default).
capture_full_page: - Same as capture_screenshot with full-page capture enabled.

Latest releases

v1.0.1 · 2026-06-14

url now accepts bare domains (e.g. example.com, lenta.ru) - https:// is assumed when no scheme is given. Previously these were rejected with a validation error. Install: npx -y site-shot-mcp.

v1.0.0 · 2026-06-14

First stable release of site-shot-mcp. · Two tools: capture_screenshot, capture_full_page (real Chromium, full-page capture to 20,000px, country proxies, automatic ad & cookie-banner removal). · npx -y site-shot-mcp…

04 · Who maintains Site Shot

Site-Shot is maintained by site-shot. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jun 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/site-shot/site-shot-mcp
website: https://www.site-shot.com/
category: API integration - ranked #89 of 278 actively-maintained API integration servers as of 2026-09-18.
registry: io.github.site-shot/site-shot-mcp (active, first published 2026-06-14 · 3 versions)
packages: npm:site-shot-mcp

06 · Site Shot FAQ

What is Site Shot?

Is Site Shot still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-08-19. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Site Shot?

Run `npx -y site-shot-mcp`. The README documents one environment variable (SITESHOT_API_KEY) to set first. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Site Shot run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Site Shot

Alternatives to Site Shot

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