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The Apify Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at [**mcp.apify.com**](https://mcp.apify.com) enables your AI agents to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, and any other website using thousands of ready-made scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools from [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store). It supports OAuth, allowing you to connect from clients like Claude.ai or Visual Studio Code using just the URL.

> **🚀 Use the hosted Apify MCP Server!**
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> For the best experience, connect your AI assistant to our hosted server at **[`https://mcp.apify.com`](https://mcp.apify.com)**. The hosted server supports the latest features - including output schema inference for structured Actor results - that are not available when running locally via stdio.

💰 The server also supports [Skyfire agentic payments](#-skyfire-agentic-payments), allowing AI agents to pay for Actor runs without an API token.

Apify MCP Server is compatible with `Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, VS Code` and any client that adheres to the Model Context Protocol.
Check out the [MCP clients section](#-mcp-clients) for more details or visit the [MCP configuration page](https://mcp.apify.com).

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## Table of Contents
- [🌐 Introducing Apify MCP Server](#-introducing-apify-mcp-server)
- [🚀 Quickstart](#-quickstart)
- [⚠️ SSE transport deprecation](#%EF%B8%8F-sse-transport-deprecation)
- [🤖 MCP clients](#-mcp-clients)
- [🪄 Try Apify MCP instantly](#-try-apify-mcp-instantly)
- [💰 Skyfire agentic payments](#-skyfire-agentic-payments)
- [🛠️ Tools, resources, and prompts](#%EF%B8%8F-tools-resources-and-prompts)
- [📊 Telemetry](#-telemetry)
- [🐛 Troubleshooting (local MCP server)](#-troubleshooting-local-mcp-server)
- [⚙️ Development](#%EF%B8%8F-development)
- [🤝 Contributing](#-contributing)
- [📚 Learn more](#-learn-more)

# 🌐 Introducing Apify MCP Server

The Apify MCP Server allows an AI assistant to use any [Apify Actor](https://apify.com/store) as a tool to perform a specific task.
For example, it can:
- Use [Facebook Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/apify/facebook-posts-scraper) to extract data from Facebook posts from multiple pages/profiles.
- Use [Google Maps Email Extractor](https://apify.com/lukaskrivka/google-maps-with-contact-details) to extract contact details from Google Maps.
- Use [Google Search Results Scraper](https://apify.com/apify/google-search-scraper) to scrape Google Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs).
- Use [Instagram Scraper](https://apify.com/apify/instagram-scraper) to scrape Instagram posts, profiles, places, photos, and comments.
- Use [RAG Web Browser](https://apify.com/apify/rag-web-browser) to search the web, scrape the top N URLs, and return their content.

**Video tutorial: Integrate 8,000+ Apify Actors and Agents with Claude**

[![Apify MCP Server Tutorial: Integrate 5,000+ Apify Actors and Agents with Claude](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BKu8H91uCTg/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKu8H91uCTg)

# 🚀 Quickstart

You can use the Apify MCP Server in two ways:

**HTTPS Endpoint (mcp.apify.com)**: Connect from your MCP client via OAuth or by including the `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>` header in your requests. This is the recommended method for most use cases. Because it supports OAuth, you can connect from clients like [Claude.ai](https://claude.ai) or [Visual St