MagicScreenshots is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 19 tools. Last commit 27 Sep 2026.
Search real App Store screenshots and preview videos; generate and localize your own.
Uptime history
15 days of history · worst day 0%
15 days agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 92 checks
19
Tools
read from the server
127 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 27 Sep 2026
MagicScreenshots does not always answer
Over the last week it answered 7.1% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.
run in your terminal
claude mcp add magicscreenshots-mcp --transport http https://www.magicscreenshots.com/api/mcp~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"magicscreenshots-mcp": {
"url": "https://www.magicscreenshots.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.magicscreenshots-mcp]
url = "https://www.magicscreenshots.com/api/mcp".cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"magicscreenshots-mcp": {
"url": "https://www.magicscreenshots.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"magicscreenshots-mcp": {
"url": "https://www.magicscreenshots.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Available tools 19
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
directory
get_directory_app
Get one directory app: metadata, ordered listing screenshot URLs (as markdown images), related apps in the same genre, and the create_restyle arguments to copy that style. No API key required.
get_directory_screens
Get the ordered App Store listing screenshots for a library app, including markdown images a vision model can inspect. Pass country (jp, de, ...) for the localized listing in that storefront. Index is 1-based and matches /apps/:slug/screens/:index. No API key required.
list_directory_apps
Search thousands of real App Store listings (the top 100 free and top-grossing apps in every Apple category, refreshed daily). Filter by text, Apple genre slug, listing look (tag), today's chart rank, or apps that have preview videos. Returns slugs for get_directory_app, get_app_videos, get_app_history and create_restyle. No API key required.
list_directory_categories
List App Store screenshot directory categories (Finance, Food & Drink, Productivity, …) with app counts. Use this first when an agent wants inspiration by genre. No API key required.
list_directory_tags
List listing-screenshot treatments (headline, device-frame, lifestyle, dark, character, social-proof, …) with app counts. These are App Store creative tags, not in-app UI patterns. No API key required.
magicscreenshots
get_magicscreenshots_discovery_document
Fetch a known agent discovery document such as API catalog, Agent Skills, MCP, OAuth metadata, OpenAPI, or llms.txt.
get_magicscreenshots_markdown
Fetch a markdown representation of a known MagicScreenshots public page.
get_magicscreenshots_site_summary
Return a concise summary of MagicScreenshots, the screenshot directory, public routes, MCP tools, and auth requirements.
list_magicscreenshots_languages
Return supported screenshot localization languages and public guide routes.
list_magicscreenshots_markets
Return supported App Store market guides and public market routes.
app
get_app_history
Every version of an app's App Store listing we have captured (screenshots and preview videos per date), newest first. Shows how top apps change their creative over time. Needs a Pro API key; without one it returns how many versions exist.
get_app_videos
App Store preview videos for a library app: poster frames for everyone; with a Pro API key, 1-hour download links to the mp4 files (about 30 s each). Use them as reference when making your own app preview video. Pass slug from list_directory_apps (has_video=true finds apps that have them).
api
create_api_key
Create an agent API key without an account. Directory browse works with no key. Screenshot lookup works immediately with the key. Restyle and localize require the human to open claim_url, sign in, and pay.
approve
approve_restyle
Approve a generated restyle overview and start final screenshot extraction.
job
get_job_group
Check restyle job group status, overview URL, errors, and final output URLs.
localize
create_localize
Create MagicScreenshots localization jobs for source App Store screenshots across one or more target locales.
restyle
create_restyle
Restyle the user's App Store screenshots to match a directory inspiration set. Prefer inspiration_slug from list_directory_apps (duolingo, monzo, doordash, …). Requires an API key; the human must claim the key and pay before generation runs.
results
list_results
List recent MagicScreenshots restyle job groups and outputs for the authenticated account.
screenshots
get_screenshots
Fetch high-resolution App Store screenshots. If the app is in the MagicScreenshots directory, returns those curated listing shots (with markdown images) with no API key. Otherwise looks up the live App Store listing (API key required). Pass live=true to skip the directory. Use this for the user's own app; use get_directory_app when you already have a catalog slug.
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.magicscreenshots.com/api/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 127 ms | 9 min ago |
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MagicScreenshots — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.
What can MagicScreenshots do?
It exposes 19 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: approve_restyle, create_api_key, create_localize, create_restyle, get_app_history, get_app_videos and 13 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README.
How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is MagicScreenshots mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around directory, magicscreenshots and app. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is MagicScreenshots working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 92 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 127 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists MagicScreenshots as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect MagicScreenshots?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does MagicScreenshots need an API key?
No. MagicScreenshots completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 19 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
Is MagicScreenshots open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.