A Model Context Protocol server that provides screenshot and OCR capabilities
Mcp screenshot mcp server connects MCP Screenshot to AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. A Model Context Protocol server that provides screenshot and OCR capabilities.
An MCP server that captures screenshots and performs OCR text recognition.
Once connected, the assistant can call this tool directly:
capture — Options: - region: Screenshot area ('left'/'right'/'full', default: 'left') - format: Output format ('json'/'markdown'/'vertical'/'horizontal', defaultThe server is distributed via npm as @kazuph/mcp-screenshot, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.
Before the server will start you need to supply one environment variable: OCR_API_URL. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.
Browser automation servers are the ones people reach for when a site has no API — the assistant drives a real page instead of guessing at endpoints. MCP Screenshot sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — capture — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other browser automation servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| capture | Options: - region: Screenshot area ('left'/'right'/'full', default: 'left') - format: Output format ('json'/'markdown'/'vertical'/'horizontal', default: 'markdown') |
{
"mcpServers": {
"screenshot": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@kazuph/mcp-screenshot"],
"env": {
"OCR_API_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| OCR_API_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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