Pagebolt runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 72 installs a week from npm. Last commit 11 Oct 2026.
Screenshots, PDFs, OG images, page inspection, and narrated video recording for Claude and Cursor.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Pagebolt every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add pagebolt -e 'PAGEBOLT_API_KEY=<PAGEBOLT_API_KEY>' -- npx -y pagebolt-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"pagebolt": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pagebolt-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PAGEBOLT_API_KEY": "<PAGEBOLT_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.pagebolt]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "pagebolt-mcp"]
env = { PAGEBOLT_API_KEY = "<PAGEBOLT_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"pagebolt": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pagebolt-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PAGEBOLT_API_KEY": "<PAGEBOLT_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"pagebolt": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pagebolt-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PAGEBOLT_API_KEY": "<PAGEBOLT_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<PAGEBOLT_API_KEY> (Your PageBolt API key (get one free at https://pagebolt.dev)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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