A MCP server for capturing screenshots on Windows
A MCP server for capturing screenshots on Windows. That is what the mcp windows screenshot mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides screenshot capture functionality on Windows systems.
You on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
The server publishes 7 tools. What each one is for:
Cursor — The Cursor tool exposed by this serverWindsurf — The Windsurf tool exposed by this servertakeScreenshot — The takeScreenshot tool exposed by this servertakeSelectedAreaScreenshot — The takeSelectedAreaScreenshot tool exposed by this serverlistScreenshots — The listScreenshots tool exposed by this serverBuilding — The Building tool exposed by this serverTesting — This starts the server and opens a debugging interface to test the available toolsThis 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. MCP Windows Screenshot's toolset — Cursor, Windsurf, takeScreenshot and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by sarfraznawaz2005; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cursor | The Cursor tool exposed by this server. |
| Windsurf | The Windsurf tool exposed by this server. |
| takeScreenshot | The takeScreenshot tool exposed by this server. |
| takeSelectedAreaScreenshot | The takeSelectedAreaScreenshot tool exposed by this server. |
| listScreenshots | The listScreenshots tool exposed by this server. |
| Building | The Building tool exposed by this server. |
| Testing | This starts the server and opens a debugging interface to test the available tools. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"windows-screenshot": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "You"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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