Hostbeam MCP Server: Install & Setup

Install Hostbeam in Claude Code

Claude Code

claude mcp add hostbeam -- npx -y @hostbeam/mcp

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hostbeam": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hostbeam/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Lets a coding agent read the screenshots you beam to its server with Hostbeam.

Yes, most likely. Open source and no paid account or API key is mentioned in the listing. Check the provider for current pricing.

Local. Runs on your machine (stdio). You install it with npx, uvx, Docker or from source.

Run: claude mcp add hostbeam -- npx -y @hostbeam/mcp

D4Vinci/Scrapling

Web scraping with stealth HTTP, real browsers, and Cloudflare bypass. CSS selectors supported.

bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop/browser

Browser automation using Puppeteer, supporting local and remote browser connections.

microsoft/playwright-mcp

Playwright browser automation: interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots.

lightpanda-io/browser

Headless browser for AI and web automation with a built-in MCP server.

DayuanJiang/next-ai-draw-io

draw.io diagrams your AI agent draws on a live browser canvas that you can also edit by hand

firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server

Firecrawl web scraping: search, scrape, crawl, map and extract structured data, with live browser interaction and website change monitoring.