# Apify MCP Server

> Apify's own MCP server: your agent finds and runs ready-made Apify Actors to scrape social media, search, maps and any website.

Apify's own MCP server, hosted at mcp.apify.com. Your agent can use any Actor in Apify Store (ready-made scrapers, crawlers and automation tools) as a tool, to pull data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites and any other website. It finds the right Actor, reads its input schema, runs it and then reads the results.

What you can do with it
- Search Apify Store and read an Actor's details, inputs, pricing and output schema
- Run Actors and read their results from datasets and key-value stores
- Search the web and fetch any page as Markdown with the built-in RAG Web Browser and Web Fetch Actors
- Check, list and abort Actor runs, and read their logs
- Create and update saved Actor tasks and schedules
- Search and read the Apify documentation

How it connects
Add https://mcp.apify.com to your MCP client. On first connection your browser opens so you can sign in to Apify and approve access; you can use an Apify API token in an Authorization: Bearer header instead. By default it loads Actor search and running, the docs and the two web Actors; add ?tools= to the address to pick other tools or specific Actors. The Apify CLI's apify mcp install command writes the setup for you, and for coding agents Apify also offers a plugin that sets up this server together with its Agent Skills.

Good to know
- Limited to search-actors, fetch-actor-details, search-apify-docs and fetch-apify-docs (through ?tools=), it works without an Apify account.
- Actor runs are billed to your Apify account; agents can also pay per run through Apify's agentic payments.
- For safety it leaves out full-permission Actors, which only you can approve.
- Apify collects anonymous tool-usage telemetry; add telemetry-enabled=false to the address to opt out.

- Type: Plugin
- Made by: Apify
- Category: Web & browser
- Formats: Remote MCP
- Version: 0.19.3
- Website: https://mcp.apify.com
- Source: https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server
- Page: https://pluginboard.ai/plugins/apify-mcp

## Works with

- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Muse
- Grok Bot
- Gemini
- Grok
- GitHub Copilot
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Antigravity
- Gemini CLI
- Replit
- OpenClaw
- OpenCode
- Hermes Agent

## Install

You'll need:

- `Authorization` (required): Apify API token for authentication with Apify platform services. For example 'Bearer <apify-api-token>'

Replace each `<NAME>` placeholder with your own value.

### ChatGPT

In ChatGPT on the web: Plugins → + → Add custom MCP server, then paste https://mcp.apify.com/ under Connection. Business and Enterprise plans; Pro can add read-only servers.

### Claude

In Claude (web or desktop): Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.apify.com/

### Muse

In Muse: In a Muse chat, ask it to create a custom connector for the MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com/. Then tap Connect on the card it shows and sign in, or add your key.

### Grok Bot

In Grok Bot: In a chat with your Bot, say "Add this MCP server: https://mcp.apify.com/". It confirms the details with you and sets it up, and the tools are ready from your next message.

### Grok

In Grok on the web: At grok.com/connectors: New Connector → Custom, then enter https://mcp.apify.com/ and sign in if it asks.

### GitHub Copilot

Add to VS Code: vscode:mcp/install?%7B%22name%22%3A%22apify-mcp-server%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fmcp.apify.com%2F%22%7D

Copilot CLI:

```shell
copilot mcp add --transport http --header 'Authorization: <Authorization>' apify-mcp-server https://mcp.apify.com/
```

### Cursor

Add to Cursor: cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=apify-mcp-server&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21jcC5hcGlmeS5jb20vIiwiaGVhZGVycyI6eyJBdXRob3JpemF0aW9uIjoiPEF1dGhvcml6YXRpb24%2BIn19

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "<Authorization>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Code

Run in your terminal:

```shell
claude mcp add --transport http --header 'Authorization: <Authorization>' apify-mcp-server https://mcp.apify.com/
```

### Codex

Run in your terminal:

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

### Antigravity

Add to ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "<Authorization>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

Run in your terminal:

```shell
gemini mcp add --transport http --header 'Authorization: <Authorization>' apify-mcp-server https://mcp.apify.com/
```

### Replit

In Replit: At replit.com/integrations, open MCP Servers → + Add MCP server, paste https://mcp.apify.com/ (add any headers under Advanced settings), then click Test & save.

### OpenClaw

Run in your terminal:

```shell
openclaw mcp add apify-mcp-server --url https://mcp.apify.com/ --transport streamable-http
```

If it needs a key or sign-in: For https://mcp.apify.com/, add --header NAME=value for each header it needs, or --auth oauth and then run openclaw mcp login apify-mcp-server.

### OpenCode

Run in your terminal:

```shell
opencode mcp add apify-mcp-server --url https://mcp.apify.com/
```

If it needs a key: For https://mcp.apify.com/, add --header 'NAME=value' for each header it needs. Add --global to use it in every project.

### Hermes Agent

Run in your terminal:

```shell
hermes mcp add apify-mcp-server --url https://mcp.apify.com/
```

Add to ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

```json
{
  "mcp_servers": {
    "apify-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "<Authorization>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

If it signs in with OAuth: If https://mcp.apify.com/ asks you to sign in, add --auth oauth to the command, or auth: oauth to its entry.

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