How to connect Screenshot API to Grok Bot

Connect Grok Bot to Screenshot API MCP. Capture full-page screenshots for competitors, convert landing pages into pdfs, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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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

Grok is xAI's assistant, and its bot builder lets you create a personal agent that holds context, runs skills, and connects to the apps you already use through plugins.

This guide explains how to connect Screenshot API to a Grok bot using Composio Connect, which handles OAuth, token refresh, and reliability so you do not have to. You add Composio as a plugin, authenticate once, then ask your bot to work with Screenshot API in plain language.

Why use Composio?

Composio exposes 1,500+ apps to your Grok bot through a single connection, so you get:

  • Connect to 1,500+ apps with on-demand tool loading, so you do not fill your context window with unnecessary tool definitions.
  • Use programmatic tool calling through a remote workbench, letting the model write its own code to handle complex tool chaining. This reduces back-and-forth for frequent tool calls.
  • Handle large tool responses outside the model context to keep conversations lean.

Connecting Screenshot API to Grok Bot

Once Grok Bot is set up, you connect Screenshot API entirely from its interface, and the whole flow takes under a minute.

Set up Grok Bot

Get access. Grok Bot is included with Cursor Ultra, Cursor Premium Teams, and SuperGrok Heavy. Get the desktop app for macOS or Windows from x.ai/bot and sign in. An iPhone companion app is also available, and your bots sync across devices.

Create a bot. Pick a suggested role or define your own, then give it a short name, one primary job, and a short description of how it should work. Focused bots work best, because a clear role gives the bot more useful context over time.

Connect Screenshot API

1. Add the Composio plugin

Click the button. The Composio listing on x.ai opens and launches Grok Bot for you. If the app does not open on its own, click Add to Grok Bot.

Add to Grok Bot

Composio for Grok Bot listing on x.ai with the Add to Grok Bot button

Grok Bot opens the Composio plugin, showing its connector and skills. Click Add.

Composio plugin sheet in Grok Bot with the Add button

2. Authenticate

Go to the Installed section and click the Composio entry. You'll see its connector and skills listed.

Installed Composio plugin showing the Authenticate button

Click Authenticate. You'll be taken to the Composio consent screen. Review the access it requests and click Authorize. Composio handles the OAuth handshake for you, so you never touch API keys or tokens.

Composio authorization screen with Authorize and Deny

3. Connect your Screenshot API account

Back in the chat, ask your bot to connect to Screenshot API or give it any Screenshot API task.

For example, ask it to:

  • "Capture full-page screenshots for competitors"
  • "Convert landing pages into PDFs"
  • "Extract page text from product URLs"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in your Grok bot, and your Screenshot API account is ready to use.

What is Grok Bot?

Grok is xAI's assistant, available as a chat interface and a bot builder for creating personal agents that run skills and connect to external apps.

With Composio Connect, your Grok bot can securely access apps like Screenshot API through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

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.

Way Forward

Now that Screenshot API is connected, extend your setup by connecting the other apps you already use every day, so your Grok bot can run true cross-app workflows end to end.

  • Connect Calendar to turn threads into scheduled meetings automatically.
  • Connect Slack or Teams to post summaries, approvals, and alerts where your team works.
  • Connect Notion, Linear, Jira, or Asana to convert requests into tickets, tasks, and docs.
  • Connect Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive to fetch, file, and share attachments without manual steps.

Start with one workflow you do repeatedly, then keep adding apps as you find new handoffs. With everything behind a single connection, your bot can coordinate multiple tools safely and reliably in one conversation.

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. Grok Bot 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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