• VISUAL
  • DOCUMENT
  • ANALYSIS
  • HUMAN

How to capture website screenshots and PDFs with your AI

Connect Browserless to your AI client once. After that, your agent handles the heavy lifting of rendering web pages and generating files.

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Short answer

How can I get screenshots or PDFs of websites using my AI?

Your AI uses a cloud browser engine to visit URLs and capture exactly what you need. You can request a visual image or a document file through simple chat commands. You'll get files you can view or save immediately.

The results.

What your AI produces.

The output depends on whether you want a picture or a document.

VISUAL

Image snapshots

The AI captures a view of the webpage. You get a PNG or JPEG file of the site's current state.

DOCUMENT

Print-ready PDFs

The AI renders the page as a document. You receive a PDF that preserves the layout for reading or sharing.

ANALYSIS

Visual context

Your AI looks at the captured image to describe layouts or find specific UI elements. This helps you reason about what a site actually looks like.

HUMAN

Manual review

You decide which captures are useful. The AI provides the files, but you handle the final selection and storage.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

The AI manages the browser environment so you don't have to install anything.

  1. Navigate to the URL

    Your agent uses the cloud engine to load the specific web address you provided.

    get_screenshotget_pdf

  2. Capture the view

    The engine takes a snapshot of the rendered page at the exact moment you requested.

    get_screenshot

  3. Generate the document

    The browser prints the webpage into a structured file format.

    get_pdf

  4. Deliver the asset

    The AI hands the resulting image or PDF back to your chat interface.

    get_screenshotget_pdf

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger the Browserless tools.

Starting points

Replace the website addresses with the specific URLs you want to capture.

Playwright Cloud Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_IIDNcqb1tweuMxUveoUJYpZo2stQfUdThsbX1fHA/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Playwright Cloud capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browserless-playwright-cloud-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_IIDNcqb1tweuMxUveoUJYpZo2stQfUdThsbX1fHA/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Copy into chat04

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Start here

Connect Browserless once, then ask.

Click the link to connect. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can start using these tools in your favorite AI client immediately.

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI click buttons on the website?

    No. This connector is limited to capturing the current state of a URL via screenshot or PDF.

  • 02

    Can the AI log in to websites for me?

    No. The AI cannot interact with login forms or bypass authentication to reach private pages.

  • 03

    What file formats will I get?

    You will receive image files for screenshots and PDF files for document requests.

  • 04

    Does the AI save these files to my computer?

    No. The AI provides the file in your chat interface, and you must save it manually.

  • 05

    Can the AI scrape text from the page?

    The AI can look at the screenshot to read text, but it does not have a dedicated tool for raw text scraping.

  • More questions about Browserless? The Connector page answers them. See everything the Browserless Connector can do

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