Share a Screenshot with Claude Code, Codex or Any AI Agent

By Product Team

Upload a screenshot, paste the link into your AI agent. The upload window opens with For an AI chat on: the link is ready to paste and the screenshot deletes itself after a day. Free, no account.

Upload a Screenshot

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Coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor can open a link, even when they can't receive a pasted image. That happens all the time when the agent runs on a server you reach over SSH, in a container or in a cloud workspace. Give it a link instead: it downloads the screenshot and looks at it like any other file.

Get a Link for Your AI Agent

  1. Press Upload a Screenshot and pick the file. For an AI chat is already ticked. From anywhere else on the site, tick it in the upload window yourself.
  2. Upload. The results open on the For AI tab with the direct image link.
  3. Copy it and paste it into your agent with what you want it to do.

Images keep their full resolution, so small text in a screenshot stays readable. Location and other EXIF data are removed before the file is stored. Videos are left out of the For AI tab, because most agents can't watch them.

Why Pasting a Screenshot Fails over SSH

The screenshot sits in the clipboard of the computer in front of you. The agent runs on the other machine. A terminal connection only carries text, so pressing Ctrl+V sends nothing the agent can use, or nothing at all. Copying the file over with scp works but takes several steps every time. A link is text, so it arrives like anything else you type.

What to Tell the Agent

Agents that can run commands can fetch the image themselves. Say what you want and where the image is:

Download https://yourimageshare.com/ib/AbC123xYz0.png to /tmp/shot.png (follow redirects), look at it and fix the layout bug it shows.

The link always points to the current file: it forwards to the image itself, so tell the agent to follow redirects (curl -L does). If an agent says it can't open images from the web, the download step is the fix: once the file is on its own disk, it can read it.

Several Screenshots at Once

Select several files in the upload window. The For AI tab numbers them, so you can refer to each one:

Image 1: https://yourimageshare.com/ib/AbC123xYz0.png
Image 2: https://yourimageshare.com/ib/DeF456uVw1.png

For example: "Image 1 is the design, image 2 is what the page looks like now. Make it match."

Let the Agent Upload Images Itself

Agents that support the Model Context Protocol can connect to our hosted MCP server and upload files without you, for example a screenshot the agent took or a chart it made. No account is needed to try it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why can't I paste a screenshot into Claude Code or Codex over SSH?
The screenshot is in the clipboard of the computer in front of you, but the agent runs on the remote machine. A terminal connection only carries text, so the image never arrives. A link is text, so it does.
Can ChatGPT or claude.ai open the link?
It depends on the app and its settings: some chat apps look at an image link when web access is on, others only see files you attach. In a chat app, attaching the file is the safest way. Agents that can run commands can always download the link.
How long does the link work?
With the For an AI chat option the upload deletes itself after one day. You can pick one hour, a week or longer under Auto-delete, or untick it to keep the image.
Who can see my screenshot?
Anyone who has the link. It is not shown in the public feed and its page is not indexed by search engines. Don't upload passwords, keys or other secrets.
Can the AI agent upload images by itself?
Yes. Agents that support the Model Context Protocol can connect to the hosted YourImageShare MCP server and upload files for you.

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