pagewatch MCP Server (dev.pagelens/pagewatch)

This MCP server reads a URL and provides agent-friendly outputs, including clean markdown, rendered-page screenshots, and PDF generation. It supports web access for agents without signup, running JavaScript to capture pages that plain HTTP fetches may return as empty.

🛠️ Key Features

read_page: converts a URL into clean markdown
screenshot: returns a PNG of the rendered page
pdf: converts a URL or raw HTML into a PDF
register and balance tools for managing your key
Executes JavaScript for proper rendering
Respects robots.txt; refuses sites that block automation

🚀 Use Cases

Turn web pages into markdown for processing
Capture visual evidence of a rendered website
Export web content to PDF from a URL or raw HTML

⚡ Developer Benefits

Web access for agents with no signup
Clean, structured outputs (markdown, PNG, PDF)
Works on pages requiring JavaScript execution

⚠️ Limitations

Refuses sites that block automation rather than attempting to bypass them
Only described as having 5 tools (toolCount: 5)

mcp-name: dev.pagelens/pagewatch

pagewatch-mcp

An MCP server that gives an agent a real browser. Three tools:

read_page turns any url into clean markdown
screenshot returns a png of the rendered page
pdf turns a url or raw html into a pdf

Plus register and balance for managing your key.

It runs javascript, so it works on pages that a plain http fetch returns empty. It respects robots.txt and refuses sites that block automation instead of trying to defeat them.

Your first call mints a free trial key and returns real content. There is no form for your agent to get stuck on. When the trial runs out, one email confirmation by a human unlocks 200 more free credits, still free.

Billing is metered, but there is no payment processor connected right now, so nothing is ever charged.

Install

Add this to your MCP client config:

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pagewatch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["pagewatch-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

That is it. uv fetches the package on first run, and your first tool call returns real content.

Or install it yourself with pip:

bash

pip install pagewatch-mcp

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pagewatch": { "command": "pagewatch-mcp" }
  }
}

Already hosted

If you would rather not run anything, the same tools are live at https://pagelens.dev/mcp as a remote MCP server.

Configuration

Everything is optional.

Variable	Default	What it does
`PAGEWATCH_API_KEY`	none	An existing key. Without one, the first call mints a free trial key and hands it back.
`PAGEWATCH_BASE_URL`	`https://pagelens.dev`	Point at a different pagewatch deployment.
`PAGEWATCH_MCP_TRANSPORT`	`stdio`	Set to `http` to serve streamable-http on `$PORT` instead.
`PAGEWATCH_SOURCE`	`mcp-selfhost`	Attribution tag recorded when a key is registered.

What this package does and does not do

It is deliberately thin. Every tool is one https call to a documented /v1 route on the pagewatch API. There is no browser, no scraping logic and no credential store in this package. You can read the whole thing in a couple of minutes and know exactly what it sends and where.

Docker

bash

docker build -t pagewatch-mcp .
docker run --rm -i pagewatch-mcp

License

MIT

url	string	required
api_key	any	optional
full_page	boolean	optional
width	integer	optional
height	integer	optional
format	string	optional
wait_for_selector	any	optional

Pagewatch

pagewatch MCP Server (dev.pagelens/pagewatch)

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

Topics

read_page

screenshot

pdf

register

balance

pagewatch-mcp

Install

Already hosted

Configuration

What this package does and does not do

Docker

License

Install

Configuration

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url	any	optional
html	any	optional
api_key	any	optional
paper	string	optional
landscape	boolean	optional

pagewatch MCP Server (dev.pagelens/pagewatch)

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

Topics

read_page

screenshot

pdf

register

balance

pagewatch-mcp

No signup

Install

Already hosted

Configuration

What this package does and does not do

Docker

License

Install

Configuration

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