Lets agents run ready-made Apify Actors to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites and other websites.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
Local
claude mcp add apify --env APIFY_TOKEN='<APIFY_TOKEN>' -- npx @apify/actors-mcp-server~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.apify]
command = "npx"
args = ["@apify/actors-mcp-server"]
env = { APIFY_TOKEN = "<APIFY_TOKEN>" }
# codex mcp add apify --env APIFY_TOKEN='<APIFY_TOKEN>' -- npx @apify/actors-mcp-server~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"apify": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Remote
claude mcp add --transport http apify https://mcp.apify.com/ --header 'Authorization: <AUTHORIZATION>'~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.apify]
url = "https://mcp.apify.com/"
http_headers = { Authorization = "<AUTHORIZATION>" }
# codex mcp add apify --url https://mcp.apify.com/~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"apify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"httpUrl": "https://mcp.apify.com/",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/",
"--header",
"Authorization:<AUTHORIZATION>"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
APIFY_TOKEN
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.