Urlbox Full Page Screenshots

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An MCP server for the Urlbox Screenshot API. It enables your client to take screenshots, generate PDFs, extract HTML/markdown, and more from websites.

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What can you do with Urlbox Full Page Screenshots MCP?

Capture website screenshots — Use the render tool to take PNG, PDF, or MP4 screenshots of any URL.
Extract page content as HTML or Markdown — Retrieve a page's full HTML or convert it to Markdown for further processing.
Generate tagged PDFs with outlines — Render a full-page PDF with accessibility tagging and document outlines.
Block ads and cookie banners — Configure the render tool to hide ads and dismiss cookie consent banners in screenshots.
Save renders locally — Set store_renders: true to download screenshots, PDFs, or extracted content directly to your computer.

Documentation

Urlbox MCP Server

MCP server for the Urlbox Screenshot API. Enables your client to take screenshots, generate PDFs, extract HTML/markdown, and more from websites.

Visit Urlbox for more information, and have a read of our docs or chat with your LLM post install to get a good understanding of its options and capabilities.

Setup

Install dependencies and build:
```
npm install
npm run build
```
Get Urlbox API credentials:
- Sign up at urlbox.com
- Get your API Secret from the dashboard
Set environment variables:

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "screenshot": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@urlbox/screenshot-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SECRET_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

The server provides a render tool that can:

Take screenshots in multiple formats (PNG, PDF, MP4 and more)
Convert pages to HTML, markdown
Extract metadata and cookies
Save files locally to your downloads with store_renders: true

Claude will automatically use this when you ask it to screenshot websites or convert web content.

Useful prompts

Take a clean screenshot without ads or cookie banners:

Take a screenshot of https://example.com but block ads and hide cookie banners

Screenshot and save side renders like HTML/markdown:

Take a screenshot of https://example.com and also save it as HTML and markdown. Download the result to my computer.

Generate a PDF of the full page:

Convert https://urlbox.com to a PDF and save it to my computer. Make sure to generate a PDF that has an outline and is tagged.