---
slug: "apify-mcp"
name: "Apify MCP Server"
effect: "Lets an agent search Apify Store and run its ready-made scrapers and crawlers as MCP tools"
category: "mcp-server"
tier: "rising"
url: "https://mcp.apify.com"
github: "apify/apify-mcp-server"
pricing: "freemium"
license: "MIT for the server code; Actor runs are billed as Apify platform usage"
tags: ["web-scraping", "data-extraction", "crawling", "hosted"]
platforms: ["any-mcp-client", "claude-code", "claude-desktop", "cursor", "vscode", "web", "docker"]
install_kind: "mcp-json"
date_added: "2026-10-15"
rank: 16
rising_score: 44
stars: 11273
star_velocity: 17.3
velocity_basis: "since creation"
created_at: "2025-01-02T15:43:09Z"
pushed_at: "2026-10-14T21:57:35Z"
signals_status: "ok"
signals_fetched_at: "2026-10-15T05:02:35.453Z"
page: "https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/apify-mcp"
---

# Apify MCP Server

Lets an agent search Apify Store and run its ready-made scrapers and crawlers as MCP tools

Category: MCP servers. Tier: new and rising, rank 16 by new and rising score (44 of 100). Pricing: Free tier + paid. License: MIT for the server code; Actor runs are billed as Apify platform usage.

Platforms: any-mcp-client, claude-code, claude-desktop, cursor, vscode, web, docker.

## Why you would want it

The server turns Apify Actors into MCP tools: the agent can search Apify Store, read an Actor's details, run it and page through the resulting dataset. By default it loads Actor search and calling tools, Apify docs search, and the RAG Web Browser and Web Fetch Actors. The hosted endpoint at mcp.apify.com signs in with OAuth, and a local stdio server runs through npx with an APIFY_TOKEN.

## Best for

- Scraping social media, maps and search results
- Agents that need structured web data
- Teams already using Apify

## Use it when

Your agent needs data from a site that an existing Apify Actor already scrapes and you would rather pay per run than maintain a scraper.

## Skip it if

You want a free or offline tool: running Actors needs an Apify account, token or agentic payment and uses paid platform usage beyond the Free plan's monthly allowance. Telemetry on tool calls is on by default; the README documents how to turn it off.

## Install

Add the hosted server (OAuth):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com"
    }
  }
}
```

Source: https://docs.apify.com/mcp

## Live signals

Fetched 2026-10-15T05:02:35.453Z (status: ok).

- Repository: apify/apify-mcp-server
- Repository created: 2025-01-02
- Stars: 11,273 (GitHub's count; it cannot be authenticated)
- Stars per day, since repo creation: 17.3 (an average over the repo's life, not a growth rate)
- Forks: 346
- Open issues and PRs: 212
- License (GitHub): MIT
- Last push: 2026-10-14
- Latest release: v0.18.2 (2026-10-14)

## Links

- Website: https://mcp.apify.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server
- Install instructions verified at: https://docs.apify.com/mcp
- Source for this entry: https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server#readme
- AgentToolDrop page: https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/apify-mcp
- Full catalog (JSON): https://agenttooldrop.com/tools.json