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Extract web data with 8000+ Apify Actors

Name: Extract web data with 8000+ Apify Actors
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Author: VibeBaza

MCP server connecting AI agents to 8,000+ Apify web scrapers for extracting data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce, and websites.

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Works with apify

VibeBaza

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out of 100

Status Verified Official

Updated 6 months ago

Version 1.0.0

Models

claude

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Why it matters

Leverage the Apify platform's vast ecosystem of pre-built scrapers and automation tools to extract data from any website. Integrate this capability into your AI agent for powerful data retrieval and analysis.

Outcomes

What it gets done

Access and utilize over 8,000 pre-built actors from the Apify Store.

Scrape data from social media, search engines, e-commerce sites, and more.

Dynamically discover and call actors for specific data extraction needs.

Integrate web scraping capabilities into RAG applications.

Install

Add it to your toolbox

Run in your project directory:

curl -fsSL https://spark.entire.vc/get/vb-apify | bash

Capabilities

Tools your agent gets

search-actors

Search for Actors in the Apify Store

fetch-actor-details

Get detailed information about a specific Actor

call-actor

Call an Actor and get its run results

add-actor

Dynamically add an Actor as a new tool

search-apify-docs

Search the Apify documentation

fetch-apify-docs

Fetch documentation page content

get-dataset

Get metadata about a dataset

get-dataset-items

Retrieve items from a dataset

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Overview

Apify MCP

What it does

an MCP connector that gives AI agents access to Apify's library of web scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools

How it connects

when you need your AI assistant to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, or other websites using pre-built Actors

Source README

The Apify MCP server enables AI agents to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, or any other website using thousands of ready-made scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools available on the Apify Store.

Installation

npm install -g @apify/actors-mcp-server

Configuration

Remote Server (Recommended)

For the easiest setup, connect to the hosted server with OAuth:

https://mcp.apify.com

Local Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@apify/actors-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Actor Tools

search-actors - Search for Actors in the Apify Store
fetch-actor-details - Get detailed information about a specific Actor
call-actor - Call an Actor and get its run results
add-actor - Dynamically add an Actor as a new tool

Documentation Tools

search-apify-docs - Search the Apify documentation
fetch-apify-docs - Fetch documentation page content

Storage Tools

get-dataset - Get metadata about a dataset
get-dataset-items - Retrieve items from a dataset
get-key-value-store - Get key-value store metadata
get-key-value-store-record - Get value by key

Popular Actors

Facebook Posts Scraper - Extract data from Facebook posts
Google Maps Email Extractor - Extract contact details from Google Maps
Google Search Results Scraper - Scrape Google SERPs
Instagram Scraper - Scrape Instagram posts, profiles, and comments
RAG Web Browser - Search and scrape web content for RAG applications

Features

Access to 8,000+ pre-built Actors on Apify Store
Dynamic tool discovery and loading
Support for multiple AI models (Claude, GPT-4, Gemini)
OAuth authentication for hosted server
Comprehensive error handling

Getting an API Token

Usage Example

Claude, use the Instagram Scraper to extract the latest 10 posts
from @techcrunch and summarize the main topics.

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