# Pagewatch (npm · pagewatch-mcp)

Read a URL as clean markdown, screenshot a website, url to PDF. Web access for agents, no signup.

- Trust score: 63/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +42
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `pagelens.dev`: 23/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagelens.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagelens)
- npm · `pagewatch-mcp`: 63/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagewatch-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagewatch-mcp)
- pypi · `pagewatch-mcp`: 39/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagewatch-mcp-2.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagewatch-mcp-2)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `pagewatch-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 86/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (94 of 98), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (94 of 98), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 9 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 62/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 881 tokens (~176/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add dev-pagelens-pagewatch -- npx -y pagewatch-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add dev-pagelens-pagewatch -- npx -y pagewatch-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "dev-pagelens-pagewatch": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "pagewatch-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add dev-pagelens-pagewatch --command npx --arg -y --arg pagewatch-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  dev-pagelens-pagewatch:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "pagewatch-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-pagelens-pagewatch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pagewatch-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 63, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-02 (score 62, +57)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-01 (score 5, −16)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-27 (score 21)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `read_page` (~171 tokens)

Load a web page in a real browser and return its main content as clean
markdown, with the title, canonical url and basic metadata. Handles
javascript-rendered pages. Respects robots.txt and refuses sites that block
automation rather than trying to defeat them. Pass api_key if you already have
a pagewatch key, otherwise a free trial key is created for you on the first
call and returned in the response.

url: the page to read (http or https).
api_key: an existing pagewatch bearer token, optional.
wait_for_selector: css selector to wait for before reading, optional.
scroll: scroll the page to trigger lazy-loaded content, optional.

Input parameters:

- `api_key`
- `scroll` (boolean)
- `url` (string, required)
- `wait_for_selector`

### `screenshot` (~198 tokens)

Take a screenshot of a web page rendered in a real browser and return it as
base64 image data (png by default, jpeg optional), with the final url and
pixel size. Consent overlays are hidden so the shot shows the page. Respects
robots.txt. Pass api_key if you have a pagewatch key, otherwise a free trial
key is created for you and returned.

url: the page to capture.
api_key: an existing pagewatch bearer token, optional.
full_page: capture the entire scrollable page, not just the viewport.
width, height: viewport size in pixels.
format: png or jpeg.
wait_for_selector: css selector to wait for before capturing, optional.

Input parameters:

- `api_key`
- `format` (string)
- `full_page` (boolean)
- `height` (integer)
- `url` (string, required)
- `wait_for_selector`
- `width` (integer)

### `pdf` (~158 tokens)

Render a web page (by url) or raw html into a pdf and return it as base64
pdf data. Provide exactly one of url or html. Respects robots.txt for url
input. Pass api_key if you have a pagewatch key, otherwise a free trial key is
created for you and returned.

url: the page to convert, optional.
html: raw html to convert, optional (provide url or html, not both).
api_key: an existing pagewatch bearer token, optional.
paper: A4, Letter, Legal or A3.
landscape: landscape orientation.

Input parameters:

- `api_key`
- `html`
- `landscape` (boolean)
- `paper` (string)
- `url`

### `register` (~157 tokens)

Create a pagewatch api key for yourself. Free, no signup and no human form.
Returns a bearer token that starts with a small free trial so your first
read_page, screenshot or pdf works right away. When the trial runs out, hand
the returned verification_uri_complete to your human, who confirms one email
to unlock 200 more free credits (still free, nothing to pay). Reuse the token
by passing it as api_key, or set PAGEWATCH_API_KEY. Nothing is ever charged:
pagewatch has no payment processor connected.

label: a short name for this key, optional.
purpose: why you want web access, shown to your human on the activation page.

Input parameters:

- `label`
- `purpose`

### `balance` (~76 tokens)

Check the remaining free credits on your pagewatch key, plus the per-call
prices and, if the key is not switched on yet, the free activation link to
give your human. Pass api_key if you did not set PAGEWATCH_API_KEY.

api_key: an existing pagewatch bearer token, optional.

Input parameters:

- `api_key`

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagewatch-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 63
- 2026-08-02: 62
- 2026-08-01: 5
- 2026-07-31: 21
- 2026-07-30: 21
- 2026-07-28: 21
- 2026-07-27: 21

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pagewatch-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/pagewatch-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/toolshedlabs-hash/pagewatch-mcp
- Website: https://pagelens.dev/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagewatch-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagewatch-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-pagelens-pagewatch/pagewatch-mcp