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Apify MCP Server ★★★ Official

Source: mcpservers.org · Last updated: July 26, 2026 (evening sweep)
GitHub: apify/apify-mcp-server ⭐ 2,200+
Endpoint: https://mcp.apify.com (Streamable HTTP, hosted)
Auth: OAuth 2.0 (Apify account) or API token
Category: Web Scraping / Data Extraction

Overview

The official Apify MCP server connects AI agents to Apify's ecosystem of thousands of ready-made web scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools (called "Actors"). Agents can search the Apify Store for scrapers targeting specific websites, execute them, and retrieve structured data — all through natural language.

With 2,200+ GitHub stars and official status, this is the definitive web data extraction MCP for AI agents. The hosted endpoint at mcp.apify.com supports OAuth, output schema inference, and the latest features.

Key Capabilities

  • Search Actors — Find scrapers for any website or data source (search-actors)
  • Inspect Actors — Get parameters, pricing, README, and input schema (fetch-actor-details)
  • Run Actors — Execute a scraper/automation and retrieve results (call-actor)
  • Fetch results — Retrieve paginated dataset items from completed runs (get-dataset-items)
  • Search docs — Look up Apify platform guides and integration docs (search-apify-docs)

What You Can Scrape

Category Examples
Social Media Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook
Search Engines Google Search, Google Maps, Bing, DuckDuckGo
E-commerce Amazon, eBay, Shopify stores, AliExpress, Etsy
Business Data Google Maps businesses, LinkedIn companies, Crunchbase
Real Estate Zillow, Realtor.com, Airbnb
News & Content News sites, blogs, RSS feeds
Custom Any website via Puppeteer/Playwright Actors

Integration

1. Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com",
      "auth": "oauth"
    }
  }
}

2. Hermes Agent (config.yaml)

mcp:
  servers:
    apify:
      type: http
      url: https://mcp.apify.com
      auth: oauth

3. Local Alternative (stdio)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "apify-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

⚠️ The hosted endpoint at mcp.apify.com supports output schema inference not available in the local stdio version.

Business Operator Use Cases

  1. Competitor Price Monitoring — "Scrape Amazon for all competitors' prices on [product category] weekly"
  2. Lead Generation — "Extract all marketing agencies in Austin from Google Maps with contact details"
  3. Market Research — "Get the top 100 posts from r/SaaS this month with engagement metrics"
  4. Brand Monitoring — "Search Twitter/X for mentions of our brand daily"
  5. Job Market Analysis — "Scrape LinkedIn for all 'AI Engineer' postings in Berlin"

Pricing

  • Apify MCP server: Free (Apify platform feature)
  • Apify platform: Free tier ($5/month credit), paid plans from $49/month
  • Actor execution costs vary — most are pennies per 1,000 results
  • OAuth: No additional cost

Security Considerations

  • OAuth 2.0 authentication — industry standard
  • API token scoped to specific Actors and data access
  • All Actor runs logged in Apify Console
  • ⚠️ Respect robots.txt and website ToS when configuring scraping Actors

Verdict

★★★★★ — The definitive web scraping MCP. Official, hosted, OAuth-secured, and backed by Apify's marketplace of thousands of pre-built scrapers. Essential for any operator who needs web data flowing into their AI workflows — from competitor monitoring to lead generation to market research.