# Scrapeless MCP Server (MCP server)

> Scrapeless MCP Server is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Web search, browser automation, scraping, crawling and CAPTCHA solving for AI agents. It has 169 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y scrapeless-mcp-server.

Welcome to the official Scrapeless Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server — a powerful integration layer that empowers LLMs, AI Agents, and AI applications to interact with the web in real time.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server |
| GitHub stars | 169 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio, streamable-http |
| Packages | npm: scrapeless-mcp-server |
| Remote URL | https://api.scrapeless.com/mcp |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT |
| Category | Web & browsing |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Sep 8, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scrapeless-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scrapeless-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCRAPELESS_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --env SCRAPELESS_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio scrapeless-mcp-server -- npx -y scrapeless-mcp-server
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scrapeless-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scrapeless-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCRAPELESS_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "scrapeless_api_key",
      "description": "SCRAPELESS_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "scrapeless-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scrapeless-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCRAPELESS_API_KEY": "${input:scrapeless_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Code (remote)

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http scrapeless-mcp-server "https://api.scrapeless.com/mcp"
```

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `SCRAPELESS_API_KEY` (secret) (required): Your Scrapeless API key. Get one from https://app.scrapeless.com

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