Record · apify-mcp-seMCP serverOpen sourceVerified Sep 23, 2026

Apify MCP Server

Give agents thousands of ready-made scrapers and automation tools from Apify Store.

Sources and review

Checked against public documentation on September 23, 2026. Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

Best for

Agents that need structured data from specific sites without writing and hosting scrapers.

Avoid if

You need scraping without an Apify account; Actors run on the Apify platform.

About Apify MCP Server

Apify's official MCP server lets agents run Actors from Apify Store, the platform's ready-made scrapers, crawlers and automation tools, to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce and other sites. The recommended hosted endpoint at mcp.apify.com supports OAuth from clients such as Claude.ai and VS Code; a local stdio package is also available.

Apify MCP Server is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 8.1k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.

Add Apify MCP Server to your MCP client

A hosted server: point your client at its URL and complete its sign-in there. In Claude Desktop or claude.ai, add it under Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector instead.

Claude CodeRun in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http apify-mcp-server https://mcp.apify.com

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com"
    }
  }
}

VS Code.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "apify-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com"
    }
  }
}

CodexRun in your terminal

codex mcp add apify-mcp-server --url https://mcp.apify.com

Check the project's README for required accounts, keys and permissions before connecting. Setup guide for each client →

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