
How to use PageBolt's MCP server in Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf
How to use PageBolt's MCP server in Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf AI agents need web access. But running Chromium locally is expensive: 300MB per deployment, cold starts, memory spikes. Most agents can't do it. MCP (Model Context Protocol) solves this. It's a standard that lets AI assistants call external tools natively—without installing anything. PageBolt's MCP server gives your AI agent two superpowers: screenshot — Take screenshots of any URL record_video — Record browser workflows as MP4s with AI narration No local Chromium. No infrastructure. One API call. Install PageBolt MCP in Claude Desktop Claude Desktop auto-discovers MCP servers from a config file. Here's how: Step 1: Create ~/.claude/mcp-servers.json : { "pagebolt" : { "command" : "npx" , "args" : [ "@pagebolt/mcp" , "--api-key" , "YOUR_API_KEY" ] } } Step 2: Get your API key at pagebolt.dev Step 3: Restart Claude Desktop That's it. Claude Desktop now has native access to PageBolt's screenshot and video tools. Usin
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