How to integrate Screenshot API MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Screenshot API MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Screenshot API is a web rendering service that turns webpages and custom HTML into images, PDFs, videos, or extracted content. It saves you from running browser infrastructure while supporting async bulk capture jobs at scale.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Screenshot API MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • CodeAct: A dedicated workbench that allows GPT to write its code to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Large tool responses: Handle them to minimise context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so GPTs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Screenshot API MCP in Codex

Run the setup command

Run this command in your terminal to add the Composio MCP server to Codex.

Terminal

It will initiate the authentication in a browser window, authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

Composio authentication page

(Optional) Authenticate with OAuth

To authenticate manually, run the login command to open a browser window and authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

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codex mcp login composio

Verify the connection

Run codex mcp list to confirm Composio appears as a registered MCP server.

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codex mcp list

Codex App

Codex App follows the same approach as VS Code.

  1. Click ⚙️ on the bottom left → MCP Servers → + Add servers → Streamable HTTP:
  2. Fill the header and Key fields with { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }.
  3. The Key is the Composio API key, that you can find on dashboard.composio.dev
  4. Click on Authenticate and authorize Codex to your Composio account and you're all set.
Codex App MCP setup
  1. Restart and verify if it's there in .codex/config.toml
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[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

What is the Screenshot API MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Screenshot API MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Screenshot API account. It provides structured and secure access to webpage and custom HTML rendering, so your agent can create screenshots, generate PDFs or videos, extract content, and manage bulk capture jobs on your behalf.

  • Webpage and HTML capture: Have your agent render webpages or custom HTML as images for previews, reports, and visual records.
  • PDF and video generation: Direct your agent to turn webpages or custom HTML into PDFs or videos and return links to the stored results.
  • Content extraction: Let the agent capture a page and request links to extracted content when needed.
  • Bulk capture jobs: Instruct your agent to submit batches of capture requests from JSON or an uploaded CSV file.
  • Bulk job tracking and results: Have your agent check capture progress and success or failure counts, then download the completed result CSV.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Screenshot API with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Screenshot API directly from your terminal, VS Code, or the Codex App using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across CLI, VS Code, and standalone app
  • Natural language commands for Screenshot API operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • CodeAct workbench for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking Codex to perform various Screenshot API operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Screenshot API action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Bulk CSV Job

Upload a CSV file to start a paid asynchronous bulk screenshot job and return the provider's complete job acceptance payload containing its UUID.

Create Bulk JSON Job

Start a paid asynchronous bulk screenshot job from up to 50 JSON request items and return the provider's complete job acceptance payload containing its UUID.

Download Bulk Results

Download the processed result CSV for a completed paid bulk screenshot job UUID.

Get Bulk Job Status

Get progress and success/failure counts for a paid asynchronous bulk screenshot job UUID.

Render Screenshot

Render a webpage or custom HTML and return a stored image, PDF, or video URL plus optional extracted content links.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Screenshot API MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Screenshot API tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Screenshot API and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Codex fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Screenshot API tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Screenshot API scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Screenshot API data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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