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CurlShot

Renders any public URL as a PNG, JPEG or WebP screenshot, a PDF, or a scrolling video, full page or at a phone, tablet or desktop preset. list_devices needs no key; take_screenshot needs an API key as a Bearer token (free plan 100 screenshots/month, no card). Endpoint: https://curlshot.com/api/mcp · Docs

Live Answered an MCP handshake without credentials and listed 2 tools.

Category: Agents, IDEs & developer tools
Transport: http
Source: https://curlshot.com/docs
Endpoint: https://curlshot.com/api/mcp
MCP Registry: io.github.SergiuPogor/curlshot
Reports itself as: CurlShot 1.0.0
Protocol: 2025-06-18
Tools: 2
Context cost: about 718 tokens for the tool definitions (estimated at four characters per token)
Tool definitions last changed: no change seen since first check
Handshake time: 516 ms
Last checked: 2026-10-14 08:45:14 UTC
Listed since: 2026-10-14

Health and compatibility

Endpoint reachable	Verified	Responded in 516 ms
MCP handshake (initialize)	Verified	Completed without credentials
Tool discovery (tools/list)	Verified	2 tools listed
Authentication	Verified	None needed to connect
Protocol version	Verified	2025-06-18
Transport	Verified	Streamable HTTP
Capabilities declared	Verified	tools

Last checked 2026-10-14 08:45:14 UTC. Verified means the check saw it happen; it says nothing about whether the server is safe.

Recent history

1 daily check so far. Green answered, violet asked for auth, red did not answer.

Set up in your client

Claude Code

Run this in a terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http curlshot https://curlshot.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and paste this URL:

https://curlshot.com/api/mcp

Or bridge it through mcp-remote in claude_desktop_config.json (needs Node.js):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "curlshot": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://curlshot.com/api/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to Cursor

Or add it to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "curlshot": {
      "url": "https://curlshot.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add to VS Code

Or add it to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "curlshot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://curlshot.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or from a terminal:

code --add-mcp '{"name": "curlshot", "type": "http", "url": "https://curlshot.com/api/mcp"}'

Windsurf

Add it to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "curlshot": {
      "serverUrl": "https://curlshot.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Other clients

Most clients accept this shape. The endpoint is:

https://curlshot.com/api/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "curlshot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://curlshot.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

If it does not connect

Restart the client after editing a config file, and keep keys out of files you commit.
If the tools do not appear, open the client's MCP log: a 401 means the credentials were not accepted, and a timeout means the server did not answer.

Tools 2

Names, descriptions and input schemas exactly as the server returned them on 2026-10-14. This is the server author's own text. Nothing is run from this page. Raw JSON

list_devicesList the device presets accepted by the viewport_device argument of take_screenshot. Needs no access key.

List the device presets accepted by the viewport_device argument of take_screenshot. Needs no access key.

Takes no parameters.

Example call (required arguments only, placeholder values):

{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "list_devices",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}

take_screenshotRender a public web page and return it as an image (or a PDF). Uses one screenshot of the account quota; …

Render a public web page and return it as an image (or a PDF). Uses one screenshot of the account quota; cache hits and failed renders are free. Prefer jpeg or webp to keep the image small. A result over 6 MB comes back as a download link (valid for about a day) instead of inline data.

Parameter	Type		Description
`url`	string	required	Full address of the page, starting with http:// or https://.
`format`	string	optional	File format of the result. mp4, webm and gif record a video of the page scrolling from top to bottom. One of: png, jpeg, webp, pdf, mp4, webm, gif
`full_page`	boolean	optional	Capture the whole page, not just the first screen.
`viewport_device`	string	optional	Emulate a device preset (see list_devices). One of: iphone_se, iphone_12, iphone_13, iphone_13_mini, iphone_14, iphone_14_plus, iphone_14_pro, iphone_14_pro_max …
`viewport_width`	integer	optional	Width of the browser window in pixels.
`viewport_height`	integer	optional	Height of the browser window in pixels.
`dark_mode`	boolean	optional	Ask the page for its dark theme.
`block_ads`	boolean	optional	Block requests to ad networks.
`block_cookie_banners`	boolean	optional	Hide cookie consent banners.
`selector`	string	optional	Capture only the first element matching this CSS selector.
`wait_until`	string	optional	Page event that marks the page as loaded. One of: load, domcontentloaded, networkidle, commit
`delay`	number	optional	Extra seconds to wait after the page has loaded.
`cache`	boolean	optional	Reuse a stored copy when the same request was made before.

Example call (required arguments only, placeholder values):

{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "take_screenshot",
    "arguments": {
      "url": "..."
    }
  }
}

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