Apify MCP Server connects AI assistants to thousands of ready-made web scraping and automation tools from the Apify Store, enabling data extraction from social media platforms, search engines, e-commerce sites, maps, and any website. Key features of Apify MCP Server: - Access to thousands of pre-built Apify Actors (scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools) without local installation - Data extraction from major platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Yelp - Hosted server with OAuth support for seamless connection to Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor, and VS Code via URL - Structured output schema inference for consistent, machine-readable Actor results - Skyfire agentic payments allowing AI agents to pay for Actor runs without API tokens - Support for custom web scraping workflows and general website automation

mcp.apify.com

The Apify Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at mcp.apify.com enables your AI agents to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, and any other website using thousands of ready-made scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools from Apify Store. It supports OAuth, allowing you to connect from clients like Claude.ai or Visual Studio Code using just the URL.

> 🚀 Use the hosted Apify MCP Server! > > For the best experience, connect your AI assistant to our hosted server at https://mcp.apify.com. The hosted server supports the latest features - including output schema inference for structured Actor results - that are not available when running locally via stdio.

💰 The server also supports Skyfire agentic payments, allowing AI agents to pay for Actor runs without an API token.

Apify MCP Server is compatible with Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, VS Code and any client that adheres to the Model Context Protocol. Check out the MCP clients section for more details or visit the MCP configuration page.

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🌐 Introducing Apify MCP Server

The Apify MCP Server allows an AI assistant to use any Apify Actor as a tool to perform a specific task. For example, it can:

Video tutorial: Integrate 8,000+ Apify Actors and Agents with Claude

[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKu8H91uCTg)

🚀 Quickstart

You can use the Apify MCP Server in two ways:

HTTPS Endpoint (mcp.apify.com): Connect from your MCP client via OAuth or by including the Authorization: Bearer header in your requests. This is the recommended method for most use cases. Because it supports OAuth, you can connect from clients like Claude.ai or [Visual Studio Code](htt