{"id":"amafjarkasi-windows-screenshot-mcp-server","name":"windows-screenshot-mcp-server","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/amafjarkasi/windows-screenshot-mcp-server","category":"automation","subcategories":[],"tags":["windows","screenshot","mcp","json-rpc","websocket","chrome-devtools","automation","testing","streaming","go"],"what_it_does":"A Go-based Windows screenshot server that captures window/desktop regions (by title/class/pid/handle) and provides both REST endpoints and MCP (JSON-RPC 2.0) methods for screenshot and window/chrome discovery/capture. It also offers real-time WebSocket streaming and Chrome DevTools-based tab capture (requires launching Chrome with remote debugging).","use_cases":["Automated UI testing and visual regression","Agent-driven desktop automation and monitoring","Capturing specific application windows by PID/title/class/handle","Real-time streaming of window content to clients","Chrome tab screenshotting via DevTools for automation/testing"],"not_for":["Production deployments in untrusted multi-tenant environments without added auth/network controls","Use cases requiring strong compliance guarantees (not evidenced in provided docs)","Headless/non-Windows environments (Windows API dependency implied)"],"best_when":"You control the host environment (Windows machine), Chrome launching parameters, and network access to the server, and you want simple local automation/agent integration via REST, WebSocket, and MCP.","avoid_when":"You need robust security boundaries for remote/public access, or you cannot guarantee safe handling of screenshots/streaming over the network and OS-level privacy constraints.","alternatives":["Playwright/Cypress (for browser-focused capture, not native window capture)","WinAppDriver/Appium (UI automation; not necessarily screenshot streaming)","Custom Windows screenshot tooling using WinAPI/DirectX/DWM APIs","Commercial RPA/QA tools (for broader testing workflows)"],"af_score":39.8,"security_score":19.2,"reliability_score":18.8,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:20:40.310906+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":true,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":"http://<host>:<port>/rpc (POST)","has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["None specified (no authentication mentioned in provided README for REST/WS/MCP)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"The README describes REST endpoints, WebSocket streaming, and MCP JSON-RPC POST /rpc but does not document authentication, authorization, or access control."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":null},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":39.8,"security_score":19.2,"reliability_score":18.8,"mcp_server_quality":75.0,"documentation_accuracy":70.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":5.0,"rate_limit_clarity":0.0,"tls_enforcement":20.0,"auth_strength":5.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":40.0,"secret_handling":30.0,"security_notes":"No authentication/authorization is documented for REST, MCP, or WebSocket. Screenshots/streams can expose sensitive UI content; transport security (TLS) is not mentioned (WebSocket uses ws:// in example). Dependency hygiene and CVE status are not assessable from provided content.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":30.0,"breaking_changes_history":20.0,"error_recovery":25.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":"Screenshot capture and streaming-control operations may not be idempotent (likely side effects). No idempotency guidance is documented.","pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["WebSocket streaming endpoints are described but not documented with an explicit reconnection/backoff strategy.","Chrome tab capture requires Chrome to be started with --remote-debugging-port and (optionally) a temp profile; agent workflows must ensure this is set up.","No auth is documented; agents should assume endpoints may be reachable only on trusted networks/environments.","Streaming sessions and max sessions are mentioned (StreamMaxSessions default 10), but session lifecycle limits/error behaviors are not documented in detail."]}}