MCP Screenshot runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 92 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 20 Apr 2026.
Take Wayland screenshots via grim/slurp. Full screen, region, or interactive crop.
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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 mcp-screenshot -e 'WAYLAND_DISPLAY=<WAYLAND_DISPLAY>' -e 'XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<XDG_RUNTIME_DIR>' -- uvx mcp-screenshot{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-screenshot": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-screenshot"
],
"env": {
"WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "<WAYLAND_DISPLAY>",
"XDG_RUNTIME_DIR": "<XDG_RUNTIME_DIR>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-screenshot]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-screenshot"]
env = { WAYLAND_DISPLAY = "<WAYLAND_DISPLAY>", XDG_RUNTIME_DIR = "<XDG_RUNTIME_DIR>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-screenshot": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-screenshot"
],
"env": {
"WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "<WAYLAND_DISPLAY>",
"XDG_RUNTIME_DIR": "<XDG_RUNTIME_DIR>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-screenshot": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-screenshot"
],
"env": {
"WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "<WAYLAND_DISPLAY>",
"XDG_RUNTIME_DIR": "<XDG_RUNTIME_DIR>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<WAYLAND_DISPLAY> (Wayland display identifier (e.g. wayland-1). Required for grim to find the compositor), <XDG_RUNTIME_DIR> (Wayland runtime directory (e.g. /run/user/1000). Required for socket lookup).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
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