Urlbox MCP Server

1# Urlbox MCP Server
2 
3[![image](urlbox-graphic.jpg)](https://www.urlbox.com)
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5MCP server for the [Urlbox](https://urlbox.com) Screenshot API. Enables your client to take screenshots, generate PDFs, extract HTML/markdown, and more from websites.
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7Visit [Urlbox](https://urlbox.com) for more information, and have a read of our [docs](https://urlbox.com) or chat with your LLM post install to get a good understanding of its options and capabilities.
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11## Setup
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131. **Install dependencies and build:**
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15   ```bash
16   npm install
17   npm run build
18   ```
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202. **Get Urlbox API credentials:**
21   - Sign up at [urlbox.com](https://urlbox.com)
22   - Get your API Secret from the [ dashboard ](https://urlbox.com/dashboard)
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243. **Set environment variables:**
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26> claude_desktop_config.json
27 
28```JSON 
29{
30  "mcpServers": {
31    "screenshot": {
32      "command": "npx",
33      "args": ["-y", "@urlbox/screenshot-mcp"],
34      "env": {
35        "SECRET_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
36      }
37    }
38  }
39}
40```
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42## Usage
43 
44The server provides a `render` tool that can:
45- Take screenshots in multiple formats (PNG, PDF, MP4 and more)
46- Convert pages to HTML, markdown
47- Extract metadata and cookies
48- Save files locally to your downloads with `store_renders: true`
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50Claude will automatically use this when you ask it to screenshot websites or convert web content.
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52 
53## Useful prompts
54 
55**Take a clean screenshot without ads or cookie banners:**
56```
57Take a screenshot of https://example.com but block ads and hide cookie banners
58```
59 
60**Screenshot and save side renders like HTML/markdown:**
61```
62Take a screenshot of https://example.com and also save it as HTML and markdown. Download the result to my computer.
63```
64 
65**Generate a PDF of the full page:**
66```
67Convert 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.
68```
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