Shotpipe — Screenshots & OG Images runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 43 installs a week from npm. Last commit 23 Jul 2026.
Screenshot any URL and see it, or mint a social card — hosted, SSRF-safe, cached. No Chrome to run.
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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 shotpipe-mcp -e 'SHOTPIPE_KEY=<SHOTPIPE_KEY>' -e 'SHOTPIPE_SECRET=<SHOTPIPE_SECRET>' -- npx -y shotpipe-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"shotpipe-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shotpipe-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SHOTPIPE_KEY": "<SHOTPIPE_KEY>",
"SHOTPIPE_SECRET": "<SHOTPIPE_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.shotpipe-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "shotpipe-mcp"]
env = { SHOTPIPE_KEY = "<SHOTPIPE_KEY>", SHOTPIPE_SECRET = "<SHOTPIPE_SECRET>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"shotpipe-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shotpipe-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SHOTPIPE_KEY": "<SHOTPIPE_KEY>",
"SHOTPIPE_SECRET": "<SHOTPIPE_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"shotpipe-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shotpipe-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SHOTPIPE_KEY": "<SHOTPIPE_KEY>",
"SHOTPIPE_SECRET": "<SHOTPIPE_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<SHOTPIPE_KEY> (Shotpipe API key id (starts with k_). Free at https://shotpipe.io/signup), <SHOTPIPE_SECRET> (Shotpipe HMAC signing secret. Requests are signed locally; the secret never leaves the process).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
SHOTPIPE_BASE_URL (Override the API base URL for a self-hosted Shotpipe instance. Defaults to https://shotpipe.io).
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