Officially maintained by Apify, this MCP server exposes thousands of Apify Store Actors as callable AI-agent tools, supporting both a hosted streamable-http endpoint (OAuth or Bearer token) and a local stdio mode. It covers Actor discovery, execution, run management, and storage access, but requires an Apify account/token, incurs run costs, and collects telemetry by default.
The Apify MCP Server (mcp.apify.com) lets AI agents 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 login and Bearer-token authentication (Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>), so clients like Claude.ai or VS Code can connect using just the hosted URL, or it can be run locally over stdio via npx @apify/actors-mcp-server.
Hosted (recommended): connect an OAuth-capable client (e.g. Claude.ai, VS Code) directly to the URL https://mcp.apify.com, or include an Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN> header in requests; note the legacy /sse endpoint has been removed, so drop the /sse suffix and use the streamable-http URL. Local (stdio): set the MCP client's server command to npx @apify/actors-mcp-server and set the APIFY_TOKEN environment variable to your Apify API token; run npx @apify/actors-mcp-server --help for more options. A one-click .mcpb bundle install file is also available from the latest GitHub release.
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