How do I install Pagewatch?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Pagewatch need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: PAGEWATCH_API_KEY, PAGEWATCH_BASE_URL.

What transport does Pagewatch use?

Pagewatch is reached over HTTP.

Pagewatch

by dev.pagelens

Read a URL as clean markdown, screenshot a website, url to PDF. Web access for agents, no signup.

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own URL. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Server URL

https://pagelens.dev/mcp

Credentials from the publisher

PAGEWATCH_API_KEY — An existing key. Without one, the first call mints a free trial key and returns it.
PAGEWATCH_BASE_URL — Point at a different pagewatch deployment.

Provider

Add in Claude

Claude opens with the name and URL filled in. You still confirm it there.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http dev.pagelens-pagewatch https://pagelens.dev/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev.pagelens-pagewatch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://pagelens.dev/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

Step-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

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Questions

How do I install Pagewatch?: Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.
Does Pagewatch need an API key?: The publisher lists these environment variables: PAGEWATCH_API_KEY, PAGEWATCH_BASE_URL.
What transport does Pagewatch use?: Pagewatch is reached over HTTP.
When was Pagewatch last checked?: Last checked 2026-10-16. Read a URL as clean markdown, screenshot a website, url to PDF. Web access for agents, no signup.

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.

No signup

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:

{
  "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:

pip install pagewatch-mcp

{
  "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

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

License

MIT