Apify Actors

Add to your client

Copy the config for your MCP client and paste it into its config file.

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

Step-by-step guides: Add to Claude Desktop · Add to Cursor · Add to Windsurf

Before you start

• An Apify account and API token from the Apify Console (Settings -> Integrations / API tokens)
• For local use: Node.js v22+ to run `npx @apify/actors-mcp-server`
• For remote use: an MCP client that supports remote servers and OAuth (e.g. Claude.ai, VS Code), or a Bearer token
• Note: running Actors consumes Apify platform credits/usage on your account

About Apify Actors

Tools & capabilities (11)

When to use it

• Use it when an agent needs to scrape a website but you don't want to write or host a scraper.
• Use it when you want the agent to search a marketplace of ready-made scrapers and pick the right one at runtime.
• Use it when extracting data from social media, search engines, maps, or e-commerce sites via prebuilt Actors.
• Use it when you need grounded web search/reading through the bundled rag-web-browser Actor.
• Use it when you want a fully hosted, OAuth-based scraping toolset rather than running anything locally.

Quick setup

1. 1Create an Apify account and copy your API token from the Apify Console.
2. 2For remote: add `https://mcp.apify.com` to your MCP client and authenticate via OAuth or an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>` header.
3. 3For local: run `npx @apify/actors-mcp-server` with `APIFY_TOKEN` set in the environment.
4. 4Restart the client so it discovers the Apify tools.
5. 5Verify with search-actors, then fetch-actor-details and call-actor on a chosen Actor.

Apify Actors FAQ