apify-mcp-server
remote (hosted) MCP serverapify-mcp-server is a remote (hosted) MCP server: Extract data from any website with thousands of scrapers, crawlers, and automations on Apify Store ⚡. Connect any MCP client to https://mcp.apify.com/.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http apify-mcp-server https://mcp.apify.com/ --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop
Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.apify.com/.
Cursor & other clients
Add to .cursor/mcp.json or your client's MCP config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify-mcp-server": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/"
}
}
}Needs an API key or token in the request headers. Get one from the vendor first.
What you need
- Runtime: Nothing, it's hosted.
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over streamable HTTP.
- Credentials: a bearer token or API key from the vendor, sent in the Authorization header.
Summary
Extract data from any website with thousands of scrapers, crawlers, and automations on Apify Store ⚡
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Questions
Yes. The hosted endpoint expects a token in the Authorization header.
Only an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor. apify-mcp-server is hosted, so there is nothing to install.
apify-mcp-server is a remote (hosted) MCP server served at https://mcp.apify.com/.
Run: claude mcp add --transport http apify-mcp-server https://mcp.apify.com/ --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Run: codex mcp add apify-mcp-server --url https://mcp.apify.com/ --bearer-token-env-var TOKEN
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