# Apify MCP Server (MCP server)

> Apify MCP Server is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. Extract data from any website with thousands of scrapers, crawlers, and automations on Apify Store ⚡. It has 9,910 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs as a remote server at https://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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server |
| GitHub stars | 9,910 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | streamable-http |
| Packages | none (remote only) |
| Remote URL | https://mcp.apify.com/ |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT |
| Category | Web & browsing |
| Latest release | v0.17.3 (Oct 6, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | com.apify/apify-mcp-server |

## Install

### Claude Desktop

```
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://mcp.apify.com/
```

Remote servers are added as a custom connector, not in claude_desktop_config.json.

### Claude Code

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

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

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

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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