MCP Server

Capture Screen MCP MCP Server

Name: Capture Screen MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.ochtum

io.github.ochtum/capture-screen

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What is the Capture Screen MCP MCP server?

Windows screen capture MCP server with display, region, and active-window capture tools.

How to install Capture Screen MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY
Default display selector when capture_display display argument is omitted.
CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR
Default output directory for PNG captures. Default is C:\capture_screen.
CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL
Set 0/false/off to disable temporary hiding of overlapping Windows Terminal windows during capture.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capture-screen": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "CaptureScreenMcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY>",
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR>",
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capture-screen": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "CaptureScreenMcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY>",
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR>",
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capture-screen": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "CaptureScreenMcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY>",
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR>",
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "capture-screen": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "CaptureScreenMcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY>",
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR>",
        "CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL": "<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add capture-screen --env CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY=<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_DEFAULT_DISPLAY> --env CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR=<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_OUTPUT_DIR> --env CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL=<YOUR_CAPTURE_SCREEN_HIDE_FOREGROUND_WINDOWS_TERMINAL> -- dnx CaptureScreenMcp