$git clone https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-serverThe Apify Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at **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 too
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| 20 | 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. |
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| 22 | > **🚀 Use the hosted Apify MCP Server!** |
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| 24 | > 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. |
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| 26 | > ⚠️ **Legacy SSE transport removed.** The `https://mcp.apify.com/sse` endpoint has been removed in favor of Streamable HTTP. Migrate your client to **[`https://mcp.apify.com`](https://mcp.apify.com)** — drop the `/sse` suffix from your configuration. |
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| 28 | 💰 The server also supports [agentic payments](#-agentic-payments) via [x402](#-x402) and [Skyfire](#-skyfire), allowing AI agents to pay for Actor runs without an API token. |
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| 30 | Apify MCP Server is compatible with `Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, VS Code` and any client that adheres to the Model Context Protocol. |
| 31 | 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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| 35 | ## Table of Contents |
| 36 | - [🌐 Introducing Apify MCP Server](#-introducing-apify-mcp-server) |
| 37 | - [🚀 Quickstart](#-quickstart) |
| 38 | - [🤖 MCP clients](#-mcp-clients) |
| 39 | - [🪄 Try Apify MCP instantly](#-try-apify-mcp-instantly) |
| 40 | - [💰 Agentic payments](#-agentic-payments) |
| 41 | - [How agentic payments work](#how-agentic-payments-work) |
| 42 | - [💸 x402](#-x402) |
| 43 | - [🔥 Skyfire](#-skyfire) |
| 44 | - [🛠️ Tools, resources, and prompts](#%EF%B8%8F-tools-resources-and-prompts) |
| 45 | - [📊 Telemetry](#-telemetry) |
| 46 | - [💬 Usage examples](#-usage-examples) |
| 47 | - [🐛 Troubleshooting](#-troubleshooting) |
| 48 | - [⚙️ Development](#%EF%B8%8F-development) |
| 49 | - [🔒 Privacy policy](#-privacy-policy) |
| 50 | - [🤝 Contributing](#-contributing) |
| 51 | - [📚 Learn more](#-learn-more) |
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| 53 | # 🌐 Introducing Apify MCP Server |
| 54 | |
| 55 | 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. |
| 56 | For examp |