PageBolt gives every AI agent browser action a timestamped visual record — screenshot, video replay, or PDF — delivered as an API response, ready for audit.
100 requests/month free. No Chromium to install.
The Puppeteer Audit Gap
Puppeteer
PageBolt
One API call. Visual proof returned.
# Puppeteer: you ran the browser. You have logs. No visual proof.
# PageBolt: one call, PNG returned, audit trail built-in.
const res = await fetch('https://pagebolt.dev/api/v1/screenshot', {
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_KEY', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
body: JSON.stringify({
url: 'https://app.example.com/invoice/1234',
fullPage: true,
blockBanners: true,
})
});
// Returns the PNG. Store it. That's your audit trail.
const png = Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer());
fs.writeFileSync(`audit-${Date.now()}.png`, png);Works from Node, Python, Ruby, Go, curl — anything that makes HTTP requests. No Chromium, no browser pool, no Puppeteer dependency.
What Puppeteer can't give you
Video replay
Record multi-step browser sessions as MP4 or GIF. Every click, scroll, and form fill — captured frame by frame. Replay exactly what your agent did.
Per-step screenshots
Multi-step sequences return a screenshot after every action. Navigate → click → screenshot. Navigate → fill → screenshot. Visual state at each step.
PDF as proof
Generate PDFs from any URL or HTML. The rendered output is the record — what the user saw, what the agent generated, exact pixels preserved.
MCP-native
PageBolt MCP server works in Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible agent. Give your AI agent a browser with built-in visual proof.
Page inspection
The /inspect endpoint returns structured element metadata — buttons, inputs, forms — alongside the visual. Proof of what was on the page, not just a log line.
No infra overhead
No Chromium to install, no browser pool to manage, no memory leaks to debug. POST a request, get visual proof back. Works from any language.
Puppeteer vs PageBolt
Where teams are switching from Puppeteer
AI agent compliance audit
Teams using Claude, GPT-4, or custom agents for browser tasks need to prove the agent acted correctly. PageBolt captures visual proof at every step — stored, timestamped, reviewable.
Visual regression in CI/CD
Replace a Puppeteer-based screenshot diffing setup with a one-line API call. No Chromium in CI, no Docker image bloat, no flaky browser sessions. Screenshots returned directly.
Invoice, report & certificate generation
Generate PDFs from HTML templates via API. No Puppeteer server running in production, no memory leaks, no cold start timeouts. Scales to thousands of documents per hour.
Product demo & changelog videos
Record narrated product walkthroughs via API. No screen recording software, no manual editing. Puppeteer can't do video — PageBolt ships MP4 with cursor effects and voiceover.
Free tier: 100 requests/month. No Chromium. No credit card required.
When something goes wrong, you'll have proof of exactly what happened.