Apify MCP Server
ActiveDescription
MCP server that enables AI agents to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, and e-commerce sites using thousands of Apify scrapers.
Key Features
- Access to thousands of ready-made scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools from Apify Store
- OAuth support for one-URL connection from Claude.ai, VS Code, Cursor, and other MCP clients
- Hosted server at mcp.apify.com with Streamable HTTP transport (SSE deprecated April 2026)
- Agentic payments via x402 and Skyfire allowing AI agents to pay for Actor runs without API tokens
- Output schema inference for structured Actor results on the hosted server
- Local stdio mode via npx for integration with Claude Desktop and command-line tools
Use Cases
π‘ Extracting structured data from social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Google Maps)
π‘ Scraping search engine results pages (SERPs) for competitive analysis and research
π‘ Automating e-commerce data collection for price monitoring and market intelligence
π‘ Web browsing and RAG pipelines using the RAG Web Browser Actor
π‘ Running custom scraping workflows triggered by AI agents via MCP protocol
Categories
Quick Start
Connect via hosted server: add https://mcp.apify.com to your MCP client with OAuth β Or run locally: set APIFY_TOKEN env var β npx @apify/actors-mcp-server β Browse available Actors at apify.com/store β Invoke Actors as tools through MCP β Results returned as structured data