# proxy-scraper

Collects public HTTP, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxies, checks them, and hands the agent the outcome of each check instead of a single 'working' label.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 67
- Author: maximilianfeix
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/maximilianfeix/proxy-scraper
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/proxy-scraper

## What it does

It gives the agent the same thing the command line does: proxy lists and the result of their checks. Addresses come from public lists, each one goes through up to four checks, and every check keeps its own outcome: `passed`, `failed`, `unavailable` or `skipped`, with a reason code, the target and the time. A check that never ran is not reported as a pass.

Picking a proxy is a short loop. `--pick` pulls some from the published list, `--verify` retests them from your own network, `--diagnose` walks one `socks5://HOST:PORT` through every check. Exports exist for curl, proxychains, Clash and sing-box; there is also a local rotating proxy and a Python API.

You need `uv` on the machine, since `uvx` ships with it. Both `--verify` and `--diagnose` arrived in version 1.30. Free proxies are run by strangers, and only about a quarter of an hour's list shows up again a day later, so treat one as fine for public pages and test runs, not for logins or payments.

## Requirements
- Needs: Python and uv (commands run via uvx)
- A remote (HTTP) option exists: the address is in the README

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add proxy-scraper -- uvx proxy-scraper-cli
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from proxy-scraper-cli <command>

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add proxy-scraper -- uvx proxy-scraper-cli
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from proxy-scraper-cli <command>

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "proxy-scraper": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "proxy-scraper-cli"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from proxy-scraper-cli <command>

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "proxy-scraper": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "proxy-scraper-cli"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from proxy-scraper-cli <command>

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add proxy-scraper uvx proxy-scraper-cli
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from proxy-scraper-cli <command>

## When to use it
- grab a proxy that answers from your network right now
- explain why one SOCKS5 proxy keeps failing
- recheck your own proxy list before a scrape run
- export working addresses for curl or proxychains
- spin up a local rotating proxy for tests

## Example prompts
- Pull three HTTP proxies from the fresh list and verify them from my network.
- Work out why `socks5://HOST:PORT` fails and show me each check it did and did not pass.
- Recheck the proxies in my file and keep only the ones that answer over HTTPS.

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