scrapeless-mcp-server
remote (hosted) MCP serverscrapeless-mcp-server is a remote (hosted) MCP server: Web search, browser automation, scraping, crawling and CAPTCHA solving for AI agents. Connect any MCP client to https://api.scrapeless.com/mcp.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http scrapeless-mcp-server https://api.scrapeless.com/mcp --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://api.scrapeless.com/mcp.
Cursor & other clients
Add to .cursor/mcp.json or your client's MCP config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"scrapeless-mcp-server": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.scrapeless.com/mcp"
}
}
}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.
- Environment variables:
SCRAPELESS_API_KEY
Summary
Web search, browser automation, scraping, crawling and CAPTCHA solving for AI agents.
scrapeless-mcp-server vs similar servers
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| scrapeless-mcp-server | 169 | Hosted | Yes | None |
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| fastCRW | 1,079 | Hosted | No | None |
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. scrapeless-mcp-server is hosted, so there is nothing to install.
scrapeless-mcp-server is a remote (hosted) MCP server served at https://api.scrapeless.com/mcp.
Run: claude mcp add --transport http scrapeless-mcp-server https://api.scrapeless.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Run: codex mcp add scrapeless-mcp-server --url https://api.scrapeless.com/mcp --bearer-token-env-var TOKEN
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