Apify is the world's largest marketplace of tools for web scraping, data extraction, and web automation. You can extract structured data from social media, e-commerce, search engines, maps, travel sites, or any other website.
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Apify is the world's largest marketplace of tools for web scraping, data extraction, and web automation. You can extract structured data from social media, e-commerce, search engines, maps, travel sites, or any other website.
Attribute | Details |
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Docker Image | mcp/apify-mcp-server |
Author | apify |
Repository | https://github.com/apify/actors-mcp-server |
Dockerfile | https://github.com/apify/actors-mcp-server/blob/master/Dockerfile |
Docker Image built by | Docker Inc. |
Docker Scout Health Score | |
Verify Signature | COSIGN_REPOSITORY=mcp/signatures cosign verify mcp/apify-mcp-server --key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/keyring/refs/heads/main/public/mcp/latest.pub |
Licence | MIT License |
Tools provided by this Server | Short Description |
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apify-slash-rag-web-browser | This tool calls the Actor "apify/rag-web-browser" and retrieves its output results. |
call-actor | Call any Actor from the Apify Store using a mandatory two-step workflow. |
fetch-actor-details | Get detailed information about an Actor by its ID or full name (format: "username/name", e.g., "apify/rag-web-browser"). |
fetch-apify-docs | Fetch the full content of an Apify documentation page by its URL. |
get-actor-output | Retrieve the output dataset items of a specific Actor run using its datasetId. |
search-actors | Search the Apify Store for Actors or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using keywords. |
search-apify-docs | Search Apify documentation using full-text search. |
apify-slash-rag-web-browser
This tool calls the Actor "apify/rag-web-browser" and retrieves its output results. Use this tool instead of the "call-actor" if user requests this specific Actor. Actor description: Web browser for OpenAI Assistants, RAG pipelines, or AI agents, similar to a web browser in ChatGPT. It queries Google Search, scrapes the top N pages, and returns their content as Markdown for further processing by an LLM. It can also scrape individual URLs.This tool provides general web browsing functionality, for specific sites like e-commerce, social media it is always better to search for a specific Actor
Parameters | Type | Description |
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query | string | REQUIRED Enter Google Search keywords or a URL of a specific web page. The keywords might include the advanced search operators. Examples: |
san francisco weather
https://www.cnn.com
function calling site:openai.com
Example values: "web browser for RAG pipelines -site:reddit.com"
maxResults
|integer
optional|The maximum number of top organic Google Search results whose web pages will be extracted. If query
is a URL, then this field is ignored and the Actor only fetches the specific web page.
Example values: 3
outputFormats
|array
optional|Select one or more formats to which the target web pages will be extracted and saved in the resulting dataset.
Example values: ["markdown"]call-actor
Call any Actor from the Apify Store using a mandatory two-step workflow. This ensures you first get the Actor’s input schema and details before executing it safely.
There are two ways to run Actors:
Important:
Typically, a successful run returns a datasetId
(the Actor's output stored as an Apify dataset) and a short preview of items.
To fetch the full output, use the get-actor-output tool with the datasetId
.
USAGE:
MANDATORY TWO-STEP-WORKFLOW: Step 1: Get Actor Info (step="info", default)
Step 2: Call Actor (step="call")
EXAMPLES:
actor
|string
|The name of the Actor to call. For example, "apify/rag-web-browser".
step
|string
|Step to perform: "info" to get Actor details and input schema (required first step), "call" to run the Actor (only after getting info).
callOptions
|object
optional|Optional call options for the Actor run configuration.
input
|object
optional|The input JSON to pass to the Actor. For example, {"query": "apify", "maxResults": 5}. Must be used only when step="call".fetch-actor-details
Get detailed information about an Actor by its ID or full name (format: "username/name", e.g., "apify/rag-web-browser"). This returns the Actor’s title, description, URL, README (documentation), input schema, pricing/usage information, and basic stats. Present the information in a user-friendly Actor card.
USAGE:
USAGE EXAMPLES:
actor
|string
|Actor ID or full name in the format "username/name", e.g., "apify/rag-web-browser".fetch-apify-docs
Fetch the full content of an Apify documentation page by its URL. Use this after finding a relevant page with the search-apify-docs tool.
USAGE:
USAGE EXAMPLES:
url
|string
|URL of the Apify documentation page to fetch. This should be the full URL, including the protocol (e.g., https://docs.apify.com/).get-actor-output
Retrieve the output dataset items of a specific Actor run using its datasetId. You can select specific fields to return (supports dot notation like "crawl.statusCode") and paginate results with offset and limit. This tool is a simplified version of the get-dataset-items tool, focused on Actor run outputs.
The results will include the dataset items from the specified dataset. If you provide fields, only those fields will be included (nested fields supported via dot notation).
You can obtain the datasetId from an Actor run (e.g., after calling an Actor with the call-actor tool) or from the Apify Console (Runs → Run details → Dataset ID).
USAGE:
USAGE EXAMPLES:
Note: This tool is automatically included if the Apify MCP Server is configured with any Actor tools (e.g., "apify-slash-rag-web-browser") or tools that can interact with Actors (e.g., "call-actor", "add-actor").
Parameters | Type | Description |
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datasetId | string | Actor output dataset ID to retrieve from. |
fields | string optional | Comma-separated list of fields to include (supports dot notation like "crawl.statusCode"). For example: "crawl.statusCode,text,metadata" |
limit | number optional | Maximum number of items to return (default: 100). |
offset | number optional | Number of items to skip (default: 0). |
search-actors
Search the Apify Store for Actors or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using keywords. Apify Store features solutions for web scraping, automation, and AI agents (e.g., Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, flights, bookings).
The results will include curated Actor cards with title, description, pricing model, usage statistics, and ratings. For best results, use simple space-separated keywords (e.g., "instagram posts", "twitter profile", "playwright mcp"). For detailed information about a specific Actor, use the fetch-actor-details tool.
USAGE:
USAGE EXAMPLES:
category
|string
optional|Filter the results by the specified category.
limit
|integer
optional|The maximum number of Actors to return. The default value is 10.
offset
|integer
optional|The number of elements to skip at the start. The default value is 0.
search
|string
optional|A string to search for in the Actor's title, name, description, username, and readme.
Use simple space-separated keywords, such as "web scraping", "data extraction", or "playwright browser mcp".
Do not use complex queries, AND/OR operators, or other advanced syntax, as this tool uses full-text search only.search-apify-docs
Search Apify documentation using full-text search. You can use it to find relevant documentation based on keywords. Apify documentation has information about Apify console, Actors (development (actor.json, input schema, dataset schema, dockerfile), deployment, builds, runs), schedules, storages (datasets, key-value store), Proxy, Integrations, Apify Academy (crawling and webscraping with Crawlee),
The results will include the URL of the documentation page, a fragment identifier (if available),
and a limited piece of content that matches the search query.
Fetch the full content of the document using the fetch-apify-docs tool by providing the URL.
USAGE:
- Use when user asks about Apify documentation, Actor development, Crawlee, or Apify platform.
USAGE EXAMPLES:
- query: How to use create Apify Actor?
- query: How to define Actor input schema?
- query: How scrape with Crawlee?
Parameters | Type | Description |
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query | string | Algolia full-text search query to find relevant documentation pages. |
Use only keywords, do not use full sentences or questions. | ||
For example, "standby actor" will return documentation pages that contain the words "standby" and "actor". | ||
limit | number optional | Maximum number of search results to return. Defaults to 5. |
You can increase this limit if you need more results, but keep in mind that the search results are limited to the most relevant pages. | ||
offset | number optional | Offset for the search results. Defaults to 0. |
Use this to paginate through the search results. For example, if you want to get the next 5 results, set the offset to 5 and limit to 5. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify-mcp-server": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"TOOLS",
"-e",
"APIFY_TOKEN",
"mcp/apify-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"TOOLS": "actors,docs,apify/rag-web-browser",
"APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"
}
}
}
}
Manual installation
You can install the MCP server using:
Installation for