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DimensionScrapeGraph MCP ServerAI-powered web scraping and data extraction with enterprise reliability via ScrapeGraph API.NPM Sentinel MCP ServerAI-powered NPM package analysis MCP server
FMRS52 / 100 · D79 / 100 · B
Reliability5 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions9 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance12 / 2018 / 20
Documentation14 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience12 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • AI assistant developers who need natural-language-driven web scraping and structured data extraction.
  • Crawler and data analysis workflows that need automated extraction from multiple pages.
  • Users who need to monitor website changes and extract information on a schedule.
  • Developers auditing NPM dependencies within AI workflows
  • Teams performing supply chain security assessments
  • Users of Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code
Not for
  • Developers who don't need AI-assisted scraping and just want simple direct HTTP requests.
  • Users without a ScrapeGraph AI paid subscription or with limited credits, as API calls may incur costs.
  • Users needing local JavaScript rendering without using ScrapeGraph API's rendering capabilities.
  • Projects outside the NPM ecosystem (e.g., pure Python/Go)
  • Environments without network access to deps.dev, OSV.dev, and the npm registry
  • Scenarios requiring maintenance by an official upstream vendor
Required permissions
  • Requires a ScrapeGraph API key (SGAI_API_KEY) to access ScrapeGraph services.
  • Requires network access to reach the ScrapeGraph API (default https://v2-api.scrapegraphai.com/api).
  • API key passed via environment variable or MCP config, which may involve secret management.
  • Network access to the NPM registry and external services (deps.dev, OSV.dev, OpenSSF, npms.io, GitHub)
  • Read access to workspace lockfiles (pnpm-lock.yaml, package-lock., yarn.lock) for cache invalidation
Risks and side effects
  • API key leakage could lead to unauthorized usage and credit loss.
  • API calls are subject to rate limiting and quota management; exceeding may incur extra costs.
  • Scraping websites may violate their terms of service or laws; use responsibly.
  • Third-party READMEs and changelogs are untrusted external content; they are wrapped in tags with _meta flags but should still be handled cautiously
  • Depends on availability and accuracy of external services
  • Batch requests are capped at 25 packages to prevent registry enumeration; larger sets require batching
  • Third-party open source project, not officially maintained by NPM or Anthropic
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, CursorClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor
Tools1719