Wraps Playwright's headless browser into three MCP tools for screenshot capture and metadata extraction. You get capture_screenshot for single viewports, capture_comparison for desktop vs mobile diffs, and extract_page_metadata when you just need titles and Open Graph tags. Images are automatically resized to 1568px width for Claude Vision with token cost estimates included in the response. Ships with viewport presets, full page capture, CSS selector targeting, and dark mode forcing. Built on a standalone Python library if you want to use it outside MCP. Reach for this when you need Claude to see live web pages instead of just reading HTML or relying on descriptions.
URL to screenshot with metadata. Claude Vision optimized.
from snapgrab import capture
result = await capture("https://example.com")
print(result.path) # /tmp/snapgrab/example_com_desktop_20260317_120000.png
print(result.metadata.title) # "Example Domain"
print(result.vision_tokens) # ~2764
pip install snapgrab
First run will prompt to install Playwright browsers:
playwright install chromium
import asyncio
from snapgrab import capture
async def main():
# Basic screenshot
result = await capture("https://example.com")
# Mobile viewport, full page
result = await capture("https://example.com", viewport="mobile", full_page=True)
# Dark mode, JPEG format
result = await capture("https://example.com", dark_mode=True, format="jpeg")
# Specific element
result = await capture("https://example.com", selector="#main-content")
# Custom viewport
result = await capture("https://example.com", viewport=(1440, 900))
asyncio.run(main())
snapgrab https://example.com # basic PNG
snapgrab https://example.com -v mobile -f # mobile, full page
snapgrab https://example.com --format jpeg -q 90 # JPEG quality 90
snapgrab https://example.com -s "#hero" --dark-mode # element + dark mode
snapgrab https://example.com -j # JSON output
snapgrab meta https://example.com # metadata only
pip install "snapgrab[mcp]"
snapgrab-mcp # starts stdio MCP server
Tools:
capture_screenshot — capture URL with metadata and vision token estimatecapture_comparison — compare desktop vs mobile (or any viewports)extract_page_metadata — metadata only, no screenshotflowchart LR
A["🔗 URL"] --> B["Playwright\nlaunch browser"]
B --> C["📸 Screenshot\nfull page / viewport"]
C --> D["Resize for\nClaude Vision"]
D --> E["✅ Image +\nMetadata"]
result.path # saved file path
result.format # "png", "jpeg", "pdf"
result.width # viewport width
result.height # page height (full_page) or viewport height
result.file_size # bytes
result.vision_tokens # estimated Claude Vision token cost
result.vision_path # path to Vision-optimized image (≤1568px)
result.processing_time_ms
result.metadata.title
result.metadata.description
result.metadata.og_title
result.metadata.og_image
result.metadata.favicon_url
result.metadata.status_code
result.metadata.url # final URL after redirects
Part of the QuartzUnit ecosystem — composable Python libraries for data collection, extraction, search, and AI agent safety.