Apify MCP Server

Overview

Apify MCP Server gives AI agents access to 3000+ pre-built web scrapers. Instead of building custom scrapers, your agent uses pre-built actors for Amazon, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and thousands more.

How It Works

1. Get API key — Free tier available
2. Install MCP server — One-line setup
3. Discover actors — Browse available scrapers
4. Run — Execute scrapers and get structured data

Use Cases

• Market research — Scrape competitor products at scale
• Lead generation — Extract business data from Google Maps
• Social monitoring — Track mentions across platforms
• SEO — Analyze search results and backlinks

Getting Started

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

Example

User: "Find top 10 Italian restaurants in Manhattan"
Agent → Apify: run google-maps-scraper
Returns: [{name: "Carbone", rating: 4.7, reviews: 3421}, ...]

Alternatives

• Firecrawl — General web scraping API
• Composio — Multi-service integrations
• Scrapling — Open-source adaptive scraper