Screenshot MCP Server for Perplexity: Add SnapRender as a Custom Connector

Set it up (recommended: sign in with OAuth)

Perplexity adds remote MCP servers as custom connectors for Pro, Max and Enterprise subscribers. SnapRender supports dynamic client registration and OAuth discovery, so there is no client ID or secret to enter.

1Open Plugins in the sidebar (Customize, Connectors in the older layout), select Add custom, then Add MCP connector, and choose Remote.
2Enter the name SnapRender and the server URL. Under Advanced, set Authentication to OAuth and Transport to Streamable HTTP. Tick the acknowledgement and select Add.
3Select the SnapRender card to sign in to SnapRender and turn it on. Then ask: "Using SnapRender, take a screenshot of https://example.com."

Add MCP connector (Remote)

Name:            SnapRender
MCP server URL:  https://app.snap-render.com/mcp
Authentication:  OAuth
Transport:       Streamable HTTP
Network access:  Public

Check it worked: The connector appears on the Plugins page. An error tag on the card means the server check failed and the connector needs reconfiguring.

Good to know

Plans: Perplexity offers custom connectors on Pro, Max and Enterprise.
Enterprise: admins add organization-wide connectors under Organization settings, Connectors. Members can add their own only if an admin turns on "Allow members to add custom connectors", which is off by default.
Use OAuth. Perplexity does not document which header its API Key option sends, so that option is not covered here.
The Mac App Store app can also run local MCP servers, but Perplexity does not document how to pass an API key to them, so use the remote connector.

What Perplexity can do with it

take_screenshot

Capture any URL, HTML or Markdown as PNG, JPEG, WebP or PDF, full page or by device. Inline image by default, or an attached file with as_file

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

"Using SnapRender, take a full-page screenshot of https://example.com/pricing and compare the plans."
"Using SnapRender, capture https://example.com on iPhone and describe what a mobile visitor sees first."
"Using SnapRender, read https://example.com/changelog as markdown and summarize this month's changes."

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 Perplexity take screenshots of websites?+

Yes, with a connector that provides a screenshot tool. With SnapRender connected, Perplexity can capture a page, look at it and answer questions about what it shows.

Does it work on the free Perplexity plan?+

Perplexity offers custom connectors to Pro, Max and Enterprise subscribers, so the option does not appear on free accounts.

Other clients

Checked against www.perplexity.ai, www.perplexity.ai in November 2026.

Give Perplexity eyes on the web

Set it up (recommended: sign in with OAuth)

Good to know

What Perplexity can do with it

Questions

Other clients

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