Apify Actors MCP
Apify Actors as MCP tools: 6,000+ web scrapers, automation actors, and AI agents callable from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client. Hosted streamable transport at https://mcp.apify.com plus stdio via npx. Dynamic actor discovery at runtime.
“Apify Actors as MCP tools: 6,000+ web scrapers, automation actors, and AI agents callable from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client. Two transports: hosted streamable at mcp.apify.com and stdio via npx @apify/actors-mcp-server. Dynamic tool discovery so the agent can search Apify Store and load new actors at runtime. 84 commits on main in the last 30 days, top cadence in this batch.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<your-apify-token>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<your-apify-token>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<your-apify-token>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<your-apify-token>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<your-apify-token>"
}
}
}
}
7 SELECTED TOOLS
OUR ASSESSMENT
Apify ships an MCP server that exposes 6,000+ Apify Store actors as callable tools. Two transports: hosted streamable at https://mcp.apify.com and stdio via npx. Dynamic tool discovery via search-actors plus call-actor lets agents find and use new actors at runtime. Tool surface filterable via --tools flag for scoped agent configurations. x402 and Skyfire agentic payment support shipped in 2026 releases.
- 84 commits on main in the last 30 days.
- 1,179 GitHub stars and MIT licence.
- Hosted streamable transport at https://mcp.apify.com (no local install).
- Dynamic actor discovery: agent finds and loads tools at runtime via search-actors then call-actor.
- 6,000+ pre-built actors in the Apify Store cover scraping, automation, AI workflows.
- x402 and Skyfire agentic payment support shipped in 2026 releases.
- Tool surface filterable via --tools flag for scoped agent configurations.
- Apify pricing is per-actor consumption; agents can accrue cost via call-actor when quota checks are absent from the agent loop.
- Hosted endpoint requires APIFY_TOKEN; treat as sensitive.
- Dynamic discovery means the tool surface presented to the agent changes between sessions; deterministic agents pin to a fixed --tools list.
APIFY_TOKEN carries full Apify account permissions including billing. Scope to a least-privilege token via the Apify dashboard. The hosted MCP at mcp.apify.com sees all tool inputs; review the Apify privacy policy before sending sensitive data through actor inputs.
Agent builders who need web scraping, data extraction, or specialised automation across thousands of pre-built tools; teams that want to invoke a specific Apify Actor (e.g. apify/rag-web-browser) as a dedicated agent tool; workflows where dynamic actor discovery is part of the agent reasoning loop.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
RECORDED ADOPTION METRICS
Saved directory snapshots. Record last checked MAY 3, 2026. The review date above does not refresh these figures.
// Recorded note1,179 stars. 84 commits on main in the last 30 days drive the editorial weight.
// Recorded noteFirst-ranked in data on commit cadence and tool surface.
SOURCES & RECORDED CHECKS
These are the directory listings and check details held in this record. Client compatibility, directory listings and installation testing are separate signals. Recorded client names describe the scope of a check; they do not establish a security assessment or a recurring test schedule.
The same server, 5 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.5editorial | 1,179 | — | MAY 3, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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