Apify

Apify MCP Server

The Apify MCP server brings the power of the world's largest web scraping ecosystem directly to your AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude. As the leading full-stack web scraping and automation platform, Apify now offers seamless integration through the Model Context Protocol, enabling your AI to access over 5,000 ready-to-use web scraping tools and automation solutions

This Apify ChatGPT connector / Apify Claude integration transforms how you work with web data, offering 18 powerful tools that connect your AI assistant to the entire Apify ecosystem. Whether you need to extract data from social media, e-commerce sites, or build custom automation workflows, this remote MCP server provides enterprise-grade capabilities through a simple, standardized interface.

Key Capabilities

🚀 Web Scraping Tools

• 18 specialized tools for comprehensive web automation

• Access to 5,000+ pre-built scrapers for popular websites

• Real-time Actor run management and monitoring

• Dataset and storage management capabilities

🔧 Core MCP Server Tools

• search-actors: Discover and access thousands of web scrapers
• add-actor & remove-actor: Dynamically manage your scraping toolkit
• get-actor-run & abort-actor-run: Complete run lifecycle control
• get-dataset-items: Extract structured data with advanced filtering
• get-key-value-store: Access stored configurations and results

💡 Advanced Data Operations

• Smart data filtering with field selection and nested object handling
• Pagination support for large dataset processing
• Real-time log access for debugging and monitoring
• Flexible export formats (JSON, CSV, XML)

🌐 Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure

Built on Apify's enterprise-grade web scraping platform, trusted by businesses worldwide for large-scale data extraction, this MCP server provides:

• Smart proxy rotation and anti-blocking technology
• Automatic scaling and resource management
• Comprehensive customer support and documentation

Primary Use Cases & Target Audience

🎯 For Developers & Data Engineers

• API Integration: Seamlessly connect web scraping capabilities to AI workflows
• Custom Automation: Build sophisticated data pipelines with AI assistance
• Rapid Prototyping: Quickly test and deploy scraping solutions
• AI-Powered Development: Let AI help discover and configure the right scrapers

🏢 For Businesses & Researchers

• Market Intelligence: Extract data for market research, competitive analysis, and sentiment analysis. Gather data from social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Monitor pricing, product data, and competitor strategies. Feed vector databases and train AI models with rich web data

Transform your AI assistant into a powerful web scraping and automation engine. Whether you need to extract data from social media, monitor e-commerce sites, or build custom data pipelines, the Apify MCP server provides the tools and infrastructure to make it happen.