Built for
AI agents.

Your agent needs to see the web. Shotbot delivers reliable screenshots via a clean JSON API, a native MCP server, batch, and async callbacks. When it needs to work for real.

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18
years of continuous service
500
URLs in one atomic batch request
4
MCP tools: capture, status, batch, account

Use cases for AI agents

Web research agents

Your agent can read the current visual state of any page without running a headless browser itself. Pass the screenshot URL or raw file to a vision model for analysis.

Visual regression in CI

On each deploy, batch-capture your key pages. Compare pixel-by-pixel or feed to a multimodal model. Structured errors (error codes, HTTP status) make it easy to script.

Document archiving

Capture as PDF with a WebP preview. Keep it private (the default over the CLI and MCP) for a download link that is never indexed on the CDN and auto-expires, ideal for confidential documents.

Price & content monitoring

Submit 500 product or competitor pages in one batch request. Receive each result via callback_url as it completes. Your agent is notified, it does not poll.

Report generation

Batch-capture dashboard URLs as PDF, embed in automated reports. Full-page captures up to 30 000 px, with dark mode or custom CSS selector clipping.

Data pipelines

OpenAPI 3.1 spec at api.shotbot.net/openapi.yaml. Import directly into any agent framework, LangChain tool, or OpenAPI client generator.

MCP server | native agent integration

The Shotbot MCP server exposes four tools directly inside Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible runtime. Your agent calls capture like any other tool, no wrapper code needed.

agent · claude 
> Analyse this competitor's pricing page and compare it with ours
● I'll capture the pricing page now.
  capture(url: "https://www.permalink.fr/tarifs/", viewport_width: 1280)
  ✓ rendered in 2s · https://static.shotbot.net/3/3f/3f9eC4d5…jpg
● The page shows three plans: Starter €29, Pro €79, Enterprise on
  request. Here's how they compare with your current pricing...
> _

Installation

On Claude Code, one command registers it. No Node.js or npm needed.

Claude Code 
claude mcp add --scope user shotbot --transport http "https://api.shotbot.net/mcp?key=your-key"

For Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and other MCP-compatible runtimes, add to your config file:

Claude Desktop | Cursor | Windsurf 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shotbot": {
      "url": "https://api.shotbot.net/mcp?key=your-key"
    }
  }
}
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Why Shotbot for AI workflows

  • API-first: JSON in, JSON out. Structured error codes (pro_required, concurrency_limit, invalid_url) are safe to switch on.
  • Async by design: callback_url delivers each result via webhook | your agent is notified, it does not poll in a loop.
  • Private by default: over the CLI and MCP, captures skip the CDN entirely. The file is streamed on demand (fetch it repeatedly) and auto-expires; pass cdn=true for a permanent public URL.
  • OpenAPI 3.1: import openapi.yaml into LangChain, LlamaIndex, or any OpenAPI-aware agent framework.
  • Machine-readable docs: llms.txt at the domain root; the MCP tool descriptions are LLM-optimized.
  • Hosted in France: GDPR-compliant, no third-party cloud, 18 years of uptime.

Get started

Free account includes 200 screenshots/month. No credit card required. API key available immediately after sign-up.

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Related use cases

Visual monitoring

Scheduled captures (6h, 24h, 7d, monthly) to feed your change-detection pipelines. Each run generates a distinct timestamped snapshot.

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Legal archiving

Each screenshot is a timestamped and immutable snapshot. Ideal as visual evidence or to track the evolution of a site over time.

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Export to S3

Push each screenshot directly into your bucket via callback. Works with AWS, Scaleway, OVH, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2.

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