How do I install Site Shot?

Site Shot is a local plugin. Install it using npm package: site-shot-mcp and add the generated configuration snippet to your AI app's MCP config file. Then restart your AI app.

What credentials does Site Shot need?

Site Shot requires the following credentials or environment variables: SITESHOT_API_KEY. You can find setup instructions on the server detail page.

What AI apps work with Site Shot?

Site Shot uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and works with any MCP-compatible AI app, including Claude, ChatGPT / Codex, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor, and more.

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Site Shot MCP Server

by Site Shot

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Website screenshots for AI agents: full-page, country proxies, ad & cookie-banner removal

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Website screenshots for AI agents: full-page, country proxies, ad & cookie-banner removal

Security Report

5.2

Moderate5.2Moderate Risk

This is a well-structured MCP server with proper authentication, input validation, and no evidence of malicious patterns. The server wraps the Site-Shot API with appropriate error handling and security controls. Minor code quality observations around error handling specificity do not significantly impact security. Supply chain analysis found 3 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 3 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

7 files analyzed · 7 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

Site-Shot API key (the userkey). Get one at https://www.site-shot.com/pricing/Required

Environment variable: SITESHOT_API_KEY

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-site-shot-site-shot-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "SITESHOT_API_KEY": "your-siteshot-api-key-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "site-shot-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

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.

Real Chromium rendering · full-page capture · country proxies · automatic ad & cookie-banner removal (cleaner images, fewer vision tokens).

Quick start (Claude Desktop)

Get a Site-Shot API key at https://www.site-shot.com/pricing/.
Add this to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):

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

Restart Claude Desktop. Ask it to "take a full-page screenshot of https://news.ycombinator.com" and it will call the server and show you the image.

Works the same way in any MCP client (Cursor, Cline, VS Code, LangChain, CrewAI) — point the client at npx -y site-shot-mcp with SITESHOT_API_KEY in the environment.

Tools

`capture_screenshot`

Screenshot a web page (viewport by default).

Param	Type	Default	Notes
`url`	string (required)	—	Page to capture
`full_page`	boolean	`false`	Capture the whole scrollable page
`width` / `height`	number	1280 / 1024	Viewport / device size
`format`	`"png"` \| `"jpeg"`	`png`	Image format
`block_ads`	boolean	`true`	Remove ads
`block_cookie_banners`	boolean	`true`	Remove cookie-consent popups
`country`	string	—	Proxy country, e.g. `"Germany"` (auto IP/lang/tz/geo)
`language` / `time_zone` / `geolocation`	string	—	Manual overrides
`wait_ms`	number	—	Wait before capture (SPAs/animations)
`max_height`	number	20000 (full page)	Cap captured height

Returns the screenshot as an MCP image.

`capture_full_page`

Same as capture_screenshot with full-page capture enabled.

Configuration

Env var	Required	Description
`SITESHOT_API_KEY`	yes	Your Site-Shot API key (used as `userkey`).

The server is a thin wrapper over the existing Site-Shot HTTP API (https://api.site-shot.com/) — no separate backend.

Local development

npm install
npm run check   # syntax check
npm run smoke   # offline tests (stubbed fetch, no API key needed)
SITESHOT_API_KEY=yourkey npm start   # run the server on stdio

Requirements

Node.js ≥ 18 (uses the built-in fetch).

License

MIT

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Site Shot MCP Server

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What You'll Need

How to Install

Documentation

Site-Shot MCP server

Quick start (Claude Desktop)

Tools

`capture_screenshot`

`capture_full_page`

Configuration

Local development

Requirements

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