Pagewatch

dev.pagelensPublished by pagelens.devOfficial publisherv0.2.3Updated Oct 24, 2026

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

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Pagewatch gives an assistant a hosted browser: it reads a URL as clean markdown, screenshots a page, or converts a URL or HTML into a PDF.

What you can do
Read a URL as clean markdown, including pages that need JavaScript to render, since the service runs a real browser rather than a plain HTTP fetch. Capture a PNG screenshot of a rendered page. Convert a URL or raw HTML into a PDF. Manage the API key with register and balance tools. Run either as a local stdio package or as a hosted remote endpoint.
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to read web pages that a simple fetch returns empty, or needs visual captures or PDFs of sites. A reasonable fit for research, content extraction and reporting tasks where a managed browser is easier than running one locally.
Requirements
Either the remote endpoint at pagelens.dev or a local process via uvx, pip or npm (Python or Node.js runtime). Optionally set PAGEWATCH_API_KEY; without it the first call mints a free trial key. PAGEWATCH_BASE_URL and PAGEWATCH_MCP_TRANSPORT are optional settings. Network access to the pagewatch API is required.
Before you install
Every tool is an HTTPS call to the pagewatch API, so the URLs and HTML you submit are sent to that third party. A trial key is minted automatically on first use and returned to the client. Billing is described as metered with no payment processor connected, so terms could change. The service respects robots.txt and refuses sites that block automation.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Pagewatch in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/dev.pagelens%2Fpagewatch/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pagewatch": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pagelens.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

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:

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.

VariableDefaultWhat it does
PAGEWATCH_API_KEYnoneAn existing key. Without one, the first call mints a free trial key and hands it back.
PAGEWATCH_BASE_URLhttps://pagelens.devPoint at a different pagewatch deployment.
PAGEWATCH_MCP_TRANSPORTstdioSet to http to serve streamable-http on $PORT instead.
PAGEWATCH_SOURCEmcp-selfhostAttribution 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

Source: README.md at commit 4e0b0f3

Tools

0
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Version history

1
  1. v0.2.3LatestSep 16, 2026

Score

50% of the applicable checks met

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  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts

    Keep the endpoint answering the MCP handshake; SourceWeft probes it every 30 days.

  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts

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  • Tools listed15 pts

    Answer tools/list without a credential, or ship a package that starts in a sandbox without one.

  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts