MCP Screenshot

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs on your computer
• Transport: stdio
• Category: Web & browsers
• You need to fill in: WAYLAND_DISPLAY, XDG_RUNTIME_DIR

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "screenshot": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-screenshot"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "your-value",
        "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add screenshot --env WAYLAND_DISPLAY=your-value --env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=your-value -- uvx mcp-screenshot

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "screenshot": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-screenshot"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "your-value",
        "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "screenshot": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-screenshot"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "your-value",
        "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

• WAYLAND_DISPLAY required env
  Wayland display identifier (e.g. wayland-1). Required for grim to find the compositor.
• XDG_RUNTIME_DIR required env
  Wayland runtime directory (e.g. /run/user/1000). Required for socket lookup.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 10, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified with the GitHub account KamaruSama, which owns the repo

• ! Caution

  Still maintained

  Code last changed 7 months ago, more than 6 months ago

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• – Not applicable

  Endpoint responds

  This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead

• … Not checked yet

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Web & browsersi

• More stars than 0% of the other 1441 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 7% of the other 1441 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 14% of the other 1441 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

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README from the maker

sudo pacman -S grim slurp wlr-randr

claude mcp add screenshot -s user \

cd /path/to/mcp-screenshot