# StoreShots (npm · storeshots-api-mcp)

Turn raw app screenshots into App Store and Google Play marketing screenshots.

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-25

## Components

- npm · `storeshots-api-mcp`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots/storeshots-api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots/storeshots-api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `storeshots-api-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.2`
- 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 2026-10-25.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 30 of 92 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **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 10 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 76/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1056 tokens (~176/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 80/100
  - Stability observed for 24 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.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 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 StoreShots MCP server?

StoreShots runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y storeshots-api-mcp. 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 uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots -- npx -y storeshots-api-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "storeshots-api-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "storeshots-api-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots -- npx -y storeshots-api-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "storeshots-api-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots --command npx --arg -y --arg storeshots-api-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "storeshots-api-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "storeshots-api-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots -t stdio -c npx -a -y storeshots-api-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "storeshots-api-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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-22 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-20 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-19 (score 78, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-18 (score 78, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-17 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-15 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 76, +6)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.43

## MCP tools (6)

### `list_styles` (~78 tokens)

List StoreShots styles

List the curated visual styles (background colours, text colours and layout) with the ids accepted by generate_screenshots.style. Call this before generate_screenshots to choose a look; use list_devices instead for device frames and output sizes. Takes no parameters; read-only, fetched live from the StoreShots API and requires STORESHOTS_API_KEY.

### `list_devices` (~107 tokens)

List devices and output sizes

List device frames (iphone, iphone-duo, android, ipad) and store output targets with pixel sizes (ios-6.9 1320x2868, ios-6.5 1242x2688, android-phone, ipad-13). Call this before generate_screenshots to pick valid device and targets values; use list_styles instead for colours/layouts. Takes no parameters; read-only, fetched live from the StoreShots API and requires STORESHOTS_API_KEY.

### `generate_screenshots` (~465 tokens)

Generate store screenshots

Turn 1–5 raw app screenshots (local file paths or http(s) URLs) into framed App Store / Google Play marketing screenshots with headlines. One call = one set (all requested sizes) = 1 credit; free keys get 3 watermarked sets per month. Returns a jobId plus per-target file list; set download_to (or call get_output later) to save the PNGs/ZIP locally — outputs are kept on the server for 24h. Call list_styles/list_devices first for valid ids. If free sets and credits are used up it returns an error: call get_balance, then buy_credits.

Input parameters:

- `appName` (string): App name, used in output file names.
- `captions` (array): Smaller caption under each headline (≤220 chars), same order as screenshots. Missing entries blank; extras ignored.
- `device` (string): Device frame. Omit to use each target's default device.
- `download_format` (string): What to download when download_to is set: zip = one ZIP of all sizes, png = individual PNGs in per-target subfolders, both = both (default zip).
- `download_to` (string): If set, download the results into this local directory right away (same as calling get_output). Existing files with the same names are overwritten.
- `headlines` (array): Headline per slide (≤140 chars), same order as screenshots. Missing entries are left blank; entries beyond the number of screenshots are ignored.
- `screenshots` (array, required): 1–5 local image paths (absolute, ~ or relative to cwd), file:// or http(s) URLs. PNG/JPEG/WebP, ≤10 MB each. One slide per screenshot.
- `style` (string): Style id (default glow). See list_styles.
- `targets` (array): Output sizes (default ios-6.9, ios-6.5, android-phone).
- `theme` (object): Optional overrides on top of the style: gradFrom/gradTo (gradient), bgColor + bgMode (solid or gradient background), headlineColor, captionColor, frameColor (hex like #4f46e5), textAlign, screenFit (…

### `get_output` (~200 tokens)

Download generated screenshots

Download a finished job's ZIP and/or individual PNGs to a local directory (default ~/StoreShots/<jobId>, or STORESHOTS_OUTPUT_DIR/<jobId>). Use after generate_screenshots when download_to was not set, or to download again in another format/folder; existing files with the same names are overwritten. Returns the saved file paths and sizes. Jobs expire after 24h; an unknown or expired job_id returns an error (generate again).

Input parameters:

- `format` (string): zip = one ZIP of all sizes, png = individual PNGs in per-target subfolders, both = both. Default zip.
- `job_id` (string, required): The jobId returned by generate_screenshots, e.g. 20260929-a1b2c3d4e5.
- `output_dir` (string): Local directory to save into (absolute, ~ or relative; created if missing). Default ~/StoreShots/<jobId>.

### `get_balance` (~69 tokens)

Credits and free-tier balance

Show remaining paid credits, free generations left this month, and the available credit packs (ids and prices). Call before generate_screenshots to check you have quota, and before buy_credits to get a valid pack id. Takes no parameters; read-only live data that requires STORESHOTS_API_KEY.

### `buy_credits` (~137 tokens)

Get a payment link for credits

Return a Stripe Payment Link for a credit pack, personalised for this API key (client reference + prefilled email). Nothing is charged by this tool: give the link to the user to pay in their browser; credits are added automatically after payment, so confirm with get_balance afterwards. Use when generate_screenshots fails for lack of credits or the user wants unwatermarked output. If it returns an error (e.g. an unknown pack id), get valid pack ids from get_balance.

Input parameters:

- `pack` (string, required): Pack id from get_balance (starter = 10 sets for $3, pro = 20 sets for $5).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots/storeshots-api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-25: 81
- 2026-10-24: 81
- 2026-10-23: 80
- 2026-10-22: 80
- 2026-10-21: 79
- 2026-10-20: 79
- 2026-10-19: 78
- 2026-10-18: 78
- 2026-10-17: 78
- 2026-10-16: 77
- 2026-10-15: 77
- 2026-10-14: 76
- 2026-10-13: 70
- 2026-10-12: 70
- 2026-10-11: 70
- 2026-10-05: 70
- 2026-10-04: 70
- 2026-10-03: 70
- 2026-10-02: 70
- 2026-10-01: 70

## Common questions

### What is the StoreShots MCP server?

StoreShots is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as uk.co.qaimos.storeshots/storeshots. Turn raw app screenshots into App Store and Google Play marketing screenshots. This page covers its npm package (storeshots-api-mcp).

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

StoreShots scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 25 October 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 StoreShots MCP server expose?

StoreShots exposes 6 tools: list_styles, list_devices, generate_screenshots, get_output, get_balance, buy_credits. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,056 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the StoreShots MCP server still maintained?

StoreShots is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the StoreShots MCP server under?

StoreShots declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/storeshots-api-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/storeshots-api-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/qaimos/storeshots-mcp
- Website: https://storeshots.qaimos.co.uk/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots/storeshots-api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots/storeshots-api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-qaimos-storeshots-storeshots/storeshots-api-mcp