Agents that work with the web keep hitting the same wall: HTML is noisy, semantic structure lies, and the thing that matters — what the page looks like — never reaches the model. Passing a rendered screenshot to a vision model (Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini) routinely beats text extraction for layout questions, design review, content verification, and 'is this page broken?' checks.
Screenshotty is agent-friendly by design: a single HTTP call, JSON responses with hosted image URLs, ad/banner blocking for clean inputs — and an MCP server so coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor can capture pages as a native tool.
Screenshot → vision model
import anthropic, base64, requestsshot = requests.get("https://api.screenshotty.link/api/v1/screenshot",params={"url": "https://example.com", "adblock": True},headers={"X-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},).contentclient = anthropic.Anthropic()message = client.messages.create(model="claude-sonnet-4-6",max_tokens=1024,messages=[{"role": "user","content": [{"type": "image", "source": {"type": "base64", "media_type": "image/png","data": base64.b64encode(shot).decode()}},{"type": "text", "text": "Review this landing page's hierarchy and CTA clarity."},],}],)
Everything You Need, Built In
MCP server
Install the Screenshotty MCP server and your agent gets take_screenshot as a tool — see the integration guide.
Vision-ready output
Clean captures (ads and consent banners stripped) make vision-model inputs less noisy.
Deterministic and fast
ready_event control means the agent sees the loaded page, not a loading spinner.
Scales with the loop
Agents iterate; pay-as-you-go overage means an enthusiastic agent never hard-stops mid-task.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I connect this to Claude Code or Cursor?
Install the Screenshotty MCP server (see /integrations/mcp) with your API key in the environment. The agent then has a take_screenshot tool it can call with a URL and options — no glue code.
Why not have the agent run its own headless browser?
Browser automation inside an agent loop is slow, memory-heavy, and flaky — and a misbehaving page can wedge the whole loop. A capture API keeps the agent's tool call simple, fast, and stateless.
Is there a free tier to try this?
Yes. 100 screenshots per month free, no credit card required. Paid plans start at $9/month for 2,500 screenshots with $0.004 pay-as-you-go overage.
Image or markdown — which input should I give the model?
Both have a place: screenshots for layout/visual questions, markdown extraction for long-text reasoning. Many pipelines send both — our text-extractor tool shows the markdown side.