MCP Server for scraping webpages and converting to markdown
Puppeteer Vision MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Puppeteer Vision MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. MCP Server for scraping webpages and converting to markdown.
This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides a tool for scraping webpages and converting them to markdown format using Puppeteer, Readability, and Turndown. It features AI-driven interaction capabilities to handle cookies, captchas, and other interactive elements automatically.
Once Puppeteer Vision MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
message — Status messagesuccess — Boolean indicating successcontentSize — Size of the content in characters (on success)The server ships on npm as The, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
You will need 5 environment variables: OPENAI_API_KEY, VISION_MODEL, API_BASE_URL, TRANSPORT_TYPE, DISABLE_HEADLESS. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the browser automation group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Puppeteer Vision MCP's toolset — message, success, contentSize — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by djannot; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Puppeteer Vision MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| message | Status message. |
| success | Boolean indicating success. |
| contentSize | Size of the content in characters (on success). |
{
"mcpServers": {
"puppeteer-vision": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "The"],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
"VISION_MODEL": "your-value",
"API_BASE_URL": "your-value",
"TRANSPORT_TYPE": "your-value",
"DISABLE_HEADLESS": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| OPENAI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| VISION_MODEL | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| API_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| TRANSPORT_TYPE | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| DISABLE_HEADLESS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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