Grabbit

live.grabbitPublished by grabbit.liveOfficial publisherv1.0.2Updated Oct 27, 2026

Grabbit gives AI agents eyes on the web. Send a public URL, get a pixel-perfect hosted image.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Grabbit is a hosted screenshot service that lets an assistant capture any public URL as a hosted image without running a local browser.

What you can do
  • Capture a public URL as a hosted image, returned inline with remaining credits
  • Retrieve a previous capture by id and browse recent captures
  • Check credits, plan and 30-day usage, and view pricing with a dated competitor comparison
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to see or show what a web page looks like, especially pages with consent walls, heavy JavaScript, full-page layouts, or sites that block local headless browsers.
Requirements
Remote Streamable HTTP endpoint at mcp.grabbit.live; no local runtime needed. Authentication is required: OAuth 2.1 (browser sign-in) or a Bearer API key, which the Codex setup reads from the GRABBIT_API_KEY environment variable. A paid account with prepaid credits is needed for live captures.
Before you install
Captures are billed at $0.002 each against prepaid credits, so agent use spends money. Private and internal addresses, including localhost, are blocked by SSRF protection, and some sites behind aggressive IP blocking still fail. The service fetches URLs on its own infrastructure, so requested URLs are sent to a third party.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Grabbit in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. 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/live.grabbit%2Fscreenshots/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. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grabbit": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.grabbit.live/"
    }
  }
}

README

Point your agent at a URL and get back a hosted image, with no local headless browser to run. Grabbit handles cookie and consent banners, JavaScript-heavy and full-page captures, and many sites that block a local browser.

Endpointhttps://mcp.grabbit.live (Streamable HTTP)
AuthOAuth 2.1 (claude.ai connectors work out of the box) or a Bearer API key
Registry namelive.grabbit/screenshots
Setup guideshttps://grabbit.live/agents

Tools

ToolWhat it does
grabScreenshot any public URL and get a hosted image back (inline image + remaining credits)
get_grabFetch a previous capture by id
list_grabsBrowse your recent captures
get_usageCredits, plan, and 30-day usage
get_pricingPricing plus an honest, dated comparison against ScreenshotOne, Urlbox, Browserless, and others

Why a hosted screenshot tool

Most agents can already drive a headless browser. It works on simple pages and quietly fails on the ones that matter: cookie and consent walls, bot detection, login and paywall gates, and heavy client-rendered pages. Grabbit runs the capture on hosted infrastructure, so the shot comes back clean and the agent needs no browser of its own.

Honest bound: no service captures literally every site. A few hard targets behind aggressive IP blocking still resist. Private and internal addresses (including localhost) are blocked by SSRF protection.

Quick start

Claude Code

bash
claude mcp add --transport http grabbit https://mcp.grabbit.live

Then run /mcp and authenticate in the browser (OAuth, no key to paste). Guide: https://grabbit.live/agents/claude-code

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json (commit a project-scoped .cursor/mcp.json to share with your team):

json
{ "mcpServers": { "grabbit": { "url": "https://mcp.grabbit.live" } } }

Guide: https://grabbit.live/agents/cursor

OpenAI Codex

~/.codex/config.toml:

toml
[mcp_servers.grabbit]url = "https://mcp.grabbit.live"bearer_token_env_var = "GRABBIT_API_KEY"

Guide: https://grabbit.live/agents/codex

OpenClaw

Add the hosted MCP server, or wrap the one-line CLI in a skill. Guide: https://grabbit.live/agents/openclaw

Cursor Marketplace

Install Grabbit directly from the Cursor Marketplace (when listed), or add manually:

~/.cursor/mcp.json (or project-scoped .cursor/mcp.json):

json
{ "mcpServers": { "grabbit": { "url": "https://mcp.grabbit.live" } } }

This repo includes Cursor plugin packaging (.cursor-plugin/plugin.json, mcp.json, skill) for marketplace submission.

Agent Skills

This repo ships a portable skill folder (skills/grabbit-screenshots/) that teaches agents when and how to use the Grabbit hosted screenshot MCP.

Install via skills.sh

bash
npx skills add BrainGridAI/grabbit-mcp --skill grabbit-screenshots

After public installs, the skill can appear on skills.sh via install telemetry (no separate submit form).

Publish to ClawHub

From the repo root:

bash
clawhub skill publish ./skills/grabbit-screenshots --slug grabbit-screenshots --name "Grabbit Screenshots" --version 1.0.0

Install via OpenClaw / Hermes

The skill is published on ClawHub at https://clawhub.ai/braingrid/skills/grabbit-screenshots

bash
openclaw skills install @braingrid/grabbit-screenshots# orclawhub install grabbit-screenshots

Hermes can install the same ClawHub skill (ClawHub is a Hermes skill source) and connect MCP at https://mcp.grabbit.live.

CLI

bash
npx grabbit.live login        # browser sign-in, keys saved locallynpx grabbit.live nyt.com      # screenshot a URL, hosted image backnpx grabbit.live mcp          # print MCP config for your agent

Pricing

Flat $0.002 per live capture. Prepaid credits that never reset or expire. Test keys return free placeholders so you can wire it up before paying. Full pricing and the comparison table: https://grabbit.live/#pricing

Links

The server.json in this repo is the manifest published to the official MCP Registry. Grabbit's source lives in a private repo; this is the public home for the MCP server's manifest and docs.

Source: README.md at commit 5c261f8

Tools

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This server asks you to sign in, so SourceWeft could not read its tools without an account and has not indexed them. What a connected account sees can depend on that account and its permissions.

Version history

3
  1. v1.0.2LatestSep 29, 2026
  2. v1.0.1Sep 27, 2026
  3. v1.0.0Sep 16, 2026

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