apify

local MCP server

apify is a local MCP server: Build, deploy, and run web scraping and automation actors in the cloud. Install it from pypi as mcparmory-apify.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add apify -- uvx mcparmory-apify

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcparmory-apify"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx) or Docker.
MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.

Build, deploy, and run web scraping and automation actors in the cloud

Server	Stars	Type	API key	Runtime
apify	31	Local	No	pypi
SeleniumBase MCP	13K	Local	No	pypi
browserbasehq-mcp-browserbase	3,413	Hosted	Yes	None
Mindwtr	2,134	Local	Yes	npm
walkerOS Flow	347	Local	Yes	npm

No. The registry entry lists no keys or environment variables.

Python with uv (runs with uvx) or Docker, plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

apify is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package mcparmory-apify.

Run: claude mcp add apify -- uvx mcparmory-apify

Run: codex mcp add apify -- uvx mcparmory-apify

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