Give your agent the live web
One MCP config. Then screenshot, scrape, or convert any URL.
Install the Microlink MCP server.
Run this in your terminal.
claude mcp add --transport stdio microlink -- npx -y @microlink/mcp
No API key needed for the free tier (25 requests/day).
Then use it for screenshots, PDFs, markdown, metadata, or scraping any URL.
The prompt installs Microlink MCP and starts using it. No API key needed for the free tier (25 requests/day).
Ask. Get. Done.
Use the Microlink API through natural language.
Tell your AI what you need. It screenshots, scrapes, converts, and extracts — straight from the live web. Type a request. Get a result.
Twenty tools. Zero boilerplate.
Everything Microlink can do, available to your AI through natural language. No HTTP clients, no API keys on day one, no parsing layers. Read the documentation to get started.
screenshot
Ask your AI to screenshot any page and get back a CDN URL in seconds. Full-page, element crops, animated capture, device emulation, browser overlays, custom CSS/JS.
pdf
Turn any URL into a downloadable PDF on demand. Your AI controls paper size, margins, orientation, scale, and page range — no headless browser setup required.
markdown
Any webpage, clean Markdown output. 80% fewer tokens than raw HTML. Feed articles, docs, and research straight into your LLM context window.
extract
The power tool. Scrape custom fields with CSS selectors and compose a screenshot, a PDF, and metadata in a single request. Structured JSON back.
metadata
Fast, normalized metadata from any URL — title, description, author, date, and image. Plus a dedicated logo tool for pulling brand assets.
video & audio
Extract a direct playable source from any media page. Video covers YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, and Instagram; audio covers SoundCloud, Spotify, Mixcloud, and more.
search
Google as structured data. Ranked results, knowledge graph, people-also-ask, and related searches — across news, images, videos, places, and shopping.
function
Run your own JavaScript inside Microlink's server-side browser sandbox. Automate the clicks, scrolls, and scraping the API doesn't cover out of the box.
technologies
Detect the full stack behind any site via Wappalyzer — frameworks, CDNs, analytics, and e-commerce platforms your competitors are running.
lighthouse
Audit any URL for performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO with Google Lighthouse — every failing rule listed, before launch not after.
collect
Pull every link, image, video, audio source, or email address off a page in one call. Absolute, deduped arrays — ready to crawl or archive.
embed
Get the oEmbed-ready iframe for YouTube, Tweets, CodePen, and hundreds more — the markup plus the scripts it needs, no manual wiring.
screenshot
Ask your AI to screenshot any page and get back a CDN URL in seconds. Full-page, element crops, animated capture, device emulation, browser overlays, custom CSS/JS.pdf
Turn any URL into a downloadable PDF on demand. Your AI controls paper size, margins, orientation, scale, and page range — no headless browser setup required.markdown
Any webpage, clean Markdown output. 80% fewer tokens than raw HTML. Feed articles, docs, and research straight into your LLM context window.
extract
The power tool. Scrape custom fields with CSS selectors and compose a screenshot, a PDF, and metadata in a single request. Structured JSON back.metadata
Fast, normalized metadata from any URL — title, description, author, date, and image. Plus a dedicated logo tool for pulling brand assets.video & audio
Extract a direct playable source from any media page. Video covers YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, and Instagram; audio covers SoundCloud, Spotify, Mixcloud, and more.
search
Google as structured data. Ranked results, knowledge graph, people-also-ask, and related searches — across news, images, videos, places, and shopping.function
Run your own JavaScript inside Microlink's server-side browser sandbox. Automate the clicks, scrolls, and scraping the API doesn't cover out of the box.technologies
Detect the full stack behind any site via Wappalyzer — frameworks, CDNs, analytics, and e-commerce platforms your competitors are running.
lighthouse
Audit any URL for performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO with Google Lighthouse — every failing rule listed, before launch not after.collect
Pull every link, image, video, audio source, or email address off a page in one call. Absolute, deduped arrays — ready to crawl or archive.embed
Get the oEmbed-ready iframe for YouTube, Tweets, CodePen, and hundreds more — the markup plus the scripts it needs, no manual wiring.
Unlock the web for your agents
Even behind bot detection, cookie walls, and ads.
What is Microlink MCP?
Microlink MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants direct access to the Microlink API. Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and any other MCP-compatible client can take screenshots, generate PDFs, scrape structured data, convert pages to markdown, and extract metadata — through natural language.
MCP is an open standard for connecting AI applications to external tools. Microlink MCP implements that standard for browser and web-data capabilities.
Which AI clients are supported?
Any client that supports the Model Context Protocol works: 
Claude Code, 
ChatGPT, 
Cursor, 
Windsurf, 
VS Code, and more.
As new MCP-compatible tools ship, Microlink MCP works with them automatically — no updates needed on your end.
What can my AI agent do with it?
Screenshot any URL, generate a PDF, convert a webpage to clean Markdown or HTML, pull normalized metadata and brand logos, scrape custom fields with CSS selectors, extract video and audio sources, collect every link, image, and email, run a Lighthouse audit, detect a site's tech stack, search Google as structured data, and run custom JavaScript in a browser sandbox.
All twenty tools are available through natural language — no code, no API calls, no configuration beyond the initial setup.
Do I need an API key?
No API key required to get started. The free tier covers 25 requests per day — enough to explore the toolset. The one exception is Search, which runs on paid plans and needs an API key.
Add your Microlink API key when you need Search, production volume, configurable TTL, custom headers, or proxy support.
Is there a free tier?
Yes. Start immediately with 25 free requests per day — no credit card, no signup required. Every tool except Search is available on the free tier; Search runs on paid plans.
When you need more throughput or pro features, ask MCP or a Microlink skill to log in or upgrade the account.
How is this different from calling the Microlink API directly?
Calling the API directly means writing HTTP requests, handling auth, parsing responses, and wiring everything up in code. Microlink MCP removes all of that — your AI agent calls the same API through natural language, and structured results come back automatically.
Use the API directly when you need full programmatic control. Use the MCP server when you want your AI assistant to handle web tasks on its own.
How is MCP different from a Microlink skill?
They overlap in what Microlink can do. They differ in who runs the call.
A skill is a playbook. Markdown loaded into the agent so it can write
microlink.screenshot(), npx microlink.io, or api.microlink.io itself. MCP is a runtime: the assistant invokes a tool such as microlink_screenshot, and @microlink/mcp hits the API.| User wants | Recommend |
|---|---|
| “Screenshot this URL” in chat | MCP |
| “Add Microlink to my app, script, or CLI” | Skill (microlink) |
“Query params or embed URL for an <img>” | Skill (microlink-api) |
| “Wire Microlink into Cursor or Claude as a tool” | MCP |
| “Buy a key from the assistant” | MCP |
They compose. A coding agent with the skill generates SDK code. An assistant with MCP executes products without writing code. Install both when you chat with URLs and ship integration code.