Screenshot vs Anymd
A side-by-side look at the Screenshot and Anymd MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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ScreenshotBrowser AutomationScreenshot any URL/HTML as PNG/JPEG/WebP, or read it as clean Markdown/text for LLMs.12EmergingAuth: not declaredVerdict: choose Screenshot for browser automation work; choose Anymd for file systems as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
SChoose Screenshot when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Browser Automation domain.
Choose Anymd when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the File Systems domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
inspect, outline, read.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S Screenshot | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Browser Automation | File Systems |
| Quality signal | 12/100 · Emerging | 73/100 · Great |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 1,050 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 4 |
| Full listing | View Screenshot | View Anymd |
Tools & capabilities
Screenshot tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Anymd tools 4
inspectDocument and media evidence when Markdown is not enough. video_timeline (bounded scene/cue timeline) and render_frame (actual decoded frames), and cite_check (quote/location support, not semantic truth), are anymd Pro; PDF operations: inspect (page facts, metadata), render_page (PNG images), extract_regions (crop bounding boxes), ocr_pages / analyze_regions (configured OCR or vision provider), structure (JSON with document map, elements, geometry; profile quality|research adds trust and accessibility reports), compare (page-level diff of sources[0] vs sources[1]).outlineReturn a document heading tree with stable node ids, title paths, page/slide/chapter ranges and Markdown byte ranges. PDF bookmarks or detected headings, Word headings, PowerPoint slides, EPUB chapters and headings, HTML and Markdown. format json (default) or tree. Pass a node id to read to fetch that section.readRead any document as clean Markdown: PDF, Word (DOCX), PowerPoint (PPTX), Excel (XLSX/XLS/ODS), CSV, EPUB, HTML or a web URL, Markdown/text, images (metadata + OCR), audio/video (metadata, chapters, subtitles). Pages/slides/sheets carry <!-- page N --> style markers for citation. Long documents stop at max_tokens (default 20000) and end with a cursor to continue; choose pages with pages: "1-5,8". A directory returns its readable files.searchSearch documents for text: one file, many files, whole directories (recursive, .gitignore aware), or URLs, across every format read supports. Returns each hit as file + page/slide/sheet + a snippet with the match in bold. mode auto (default) finds the exact phrase and falls back to BM25-ranked passages when there is none; literal or ranked force one. Narrow directories with glob, e.g. "*.pdf".
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Screenshot
No confirmed install command for Screenshot yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Anymd
{
"mcpServers": {
"anymd": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sylphx/anymd"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Screenshot is categorized under Browser Automation and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Anymd belongs to File Systems and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Screenshot for browser automation work and Anymd for file systems.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client. Screenshot has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Screenshot has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Anymd is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add screenshot and anymd as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Screenshot has a quality signal of 12/100 (Emerging) with 1 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Anymd has 73/100 (Great) with 4 views, 0 installs and 1,050 GitHub stars.
