# localscreenshot (remote · api.localscreenshot.com)

Screenshot API for AI agents. Any public page as image or PDF, banners hidden, 227 countries.

- Trust score: 77/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-24

## Components

- remote · `api.localscreenshot.com`: 77/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot/mcp-free.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot/mcp-free)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.3`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-24.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 76/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 300 tokens (~100/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 40/100
  - Stability observed for 12 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the localscreenshot MCP server?

localscreenshot is a hosted endpoint at https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot 'https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot": {
      "url": "https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot]
url = "https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot --url 'https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot:
    url: "https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-24 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-22 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-19 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-17 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-15 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-13 (score 72, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `take_demo_screenshot` (~85 tokens)

Take a demo screenshot

See what a localscreenshot result looks like: a real screenshot of one of our example pages. It does not capture a page of your choice. For that, create a free account and use the main MCP server with an API key.

Input parameters:

- `device` (string): Screen to render it on. Default: desktop.
- `page` (string, required): Which example page to capture.

Output parameters:

- `height` (integer): Image height in pixels.
- `image_url` (string): Short-lived link to the image.
- `page` (string): Site that was captured.
- `page_status` (integer): HTTP status the page answered with.
- `retry_after_seconds` (integer): When pending: how long to wait before calling again.
- `status` (string): "succeeded" when the image is ready, "pending" while it is being taken.
- `taken_at` (string): When the screenshot was taken. Example pages are shared and can be a few hours old.
- `width` (integer): Image width in pixels.

### `list_countries` (~39 tokens)

List countries

List the countries a screenshot can be taken from, with their two-letter codes. Choosing a country needs an account: this free endpoint only lists them.

Output parameters:

- `count` (integer): Number of countries.
- `countries` (array)

### `get_pricing` (~46 tokens)

Get pricing

What localscreenshot costs: the free credits every account gets each month, the limits of a free account, what a screenshot costs in credits, and where paid plans and credit packs start.

Output parameters:

- `countries` (integer): Number of countries a screenshot can be taken from.
- `credits_per_screenshot` (integer): Credits one screenshot costs.
- `credits_per_screenshot_with_country` (integer): Credits one screenshot costs when a country is chosen.
- `currency` (string): Currency of the prices, ISO 4217.
- `free_credits` (integer): Free credits an account without a paid plan gets each calendar month (UTC). They do not carry over.
- `free_credits_period` (string): How often the free credits come back: "month".
- `free_requests_per_minute` (integer): Requests a minute for an account that has only free credits.
- `packs_from` (object)
- `plans_from` (object)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot/mcp-free#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-24: 77
- 2026-10-23: 76
- 2026-10-22: 76
- 2026-10-21: 75
- 2026-10-20: 75
- 2026-10-19: 75
- 2026-10-18: 74
- 2026-10-17: 74
- 2026-10-16: 73
- 2026-10-15: 73
- 2026-10-14: 72
- 2026-10-13: 72
- 2026-10-12: 71

## Common questions

### What is the localscreenshot MCP server?

localscreenshot is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.localscreenshot/localscreenshot. Screenshot API for AI agents. Any public page as image or PDF, banners hidden, 227 countries. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free).

### Is the localscreenshot MCP server safe to use?

localscreenshot scores 77 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the localscreenshot MCP server expose?

localscreenshot exposes 3 tools: take_demo_screenshot, list_countries, get_pricing. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 170 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the localscreenshot MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to localscreenshot without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the localscreenshot MCP server still maintained?

localscreenshot is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 24 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://api.localscreenshot.com/mcp/free
- Repository: https://github.com/Sambel/localscreenshot-mcp
- Website: https://localscreenshot.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot/mcp-free.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot/mcp-free.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-localscreenshot-localscreenshot/mcp-free