# apify-mcp-server

Connect an AI assistant to Apify Actors to collect data from websites, social platforms, search engines, and maps. Use it when a task calls for a ready-made scraper or crawler.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed · ★ 12927
- Author: apify
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/apify-mcp-server

## What it does

The server exposes Apify Actors as tools an AI assistant can use for specific jobs. Actors can extract posts from social profiles, contact details from Google Maps, search results, or page content. Some web-fetching tools can render JavaScript and handle anti-bot protection.

Connect over HTTPS with OAuth, or send an Apify token in the `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>` header. For a local stdio setup, run `npx @apify/actors-mcp-server` and set the `APIFY_TOKEN` environment variable. The hosted server supports schema inference for structured Actor results; that feature is unavailable with local stdio.

For Claude Code, add the HTTPS server with one command. Local stdio requires an Apify token.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://mcp.apify.com/`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify-mcp-server https://mcp.apify.com/
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add apify-mcp-server --url https://mcp.apify.com/
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify-mcp-server": {
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "apify-mcp-server": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http apify-mcp-server https://mcp.apify.com/
```

## When to use it
- extract posts from Facebook pages and profiles
- find business contact details on Google Maps
- scrape Google Search results
- collect Instagram posts, profiles, and comments
- fetch a page and return its content as Markdown

## Example prompts
- Find contact details for businesses in this Google Maps area.
- Collect posts and comments from this Instagram profile.
- Search for pages about this topic and return their content as Markdown.

## Similar
- [REA](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/rea.md) — MCP server · ★ 386989

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