Screenshot MCP Server for Cursor: Let Cursor See Any Web Page

Set it up (recommended: sign in with OAuth)

Cursor connects to remote MCP servers over HTTP and handles the OAuth sign-in itself.

1Click "Add to Cursor" above, or add the snippet to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (one project).
2Cursor opens a browser to sign in to SnapRender and approve access. A free account works.
3Open the chat and ask Cursor to take a screenshot.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "snaprender": { "url": "https://app.snap-render.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Check it worked: The SnapRender tools appear under Available Tools in the chat. You can switch the server on or off from Customize in the sidebar.

With an API key instead

Prefer a key over the browser sign-in, for example on a shared machine? Pass it as a header; Cursor expands ${env:...} from your environment. Get a key from your SnapRender dashboard.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "snaprender": {
      "url": "https://app.snap-render.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:SNAPRENDER_API_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

Or run the server locally

Runs the open-source server from npm on your machine instead. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key from your SnapRender dashboard. The package is snaprender-mcp on npm.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "snaprender": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "snaprender-mcp"],
      "env": { "SNAPRENDER_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Remote servers in Cursor use only the url field; there is no type field to set.

What Cursor can do with it

take_screenshot

Capture any URL, HTML or Markdown as PNG, JPEG, WebP or PDF, full page or by device

extract_content

Read a page as markdown, text, article, links or metadata

batch_screenshots

Capture up to 50 URLs in one job

get_batch_status

Check a batch and get its download links

sign_screenshot_url

Create a shareable capture URL that does not expose your key

check_screenshot_cache

See whether a capture is cached, without spending quota

get_usage

Show renders used and left this month

list_webhooks

List your webhooks

create_webhook

Get notified when batches finish

delete_webhook

Remove a webhook

test_webhook

Send a test delivery

Prompts to try

"Take a full-page screenshot of https://stripe.com and tell me how the pricing section is laid out."
"Compare https://example.com on desktop and iPhone and list layout problems on mobile."
"Read https://example.com/docs as markdown and summarize the authentication steps."

SnapRender renders public pages from its own servers, with ads and cookie banners removed. Pages behind a login and localhost are out of reach; use a preview deployment or a tunnel for local work.

Questions

Can Cursor take screenshots of websites?+

Yes, with an MCP server that provides a screenshot tool. With SnapRender added, ask "take a screenshot of example.com on iPhone" and Cursor calls the take_screenshot tool and sees the image.

Does it work with Cursor background agents?+

The hosted server is a normal remote MCP server with OAuth, which is what Cursor agents use. If OAuth is not possible in your setup, use the API key header instead.

Other clients

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Checked against cursor.com, cursor.com in October 2026.

Give Cursor eyes on the web

Set it up (recommended: sign in with OAuth)

With an API key instead

Or run the server locally

What Cursor can do with it

Questions

Other clients

200 free renders a month to start