Spider MCP server v2: crawl, scrape, search, and automate browsers at scale
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add spider --env SPIDER_API_KEY='<SPIDER_API_KEY>' -- npx -y spider-cloud-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.spider]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "spider-cloud-mcp"]
env = { SPIDER_API_KEY = "<SPIDER_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add spider --env SPIDER_API_KEY='<SPIDER_API_KEY>' -- npx -y spider-cloud-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"spider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"spider-cloud-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "<SPIDER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"spider": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"spider-cloud-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "<SPIDER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"spider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"spider-cloud-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "<SPIDER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"spider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"spider-cloud-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "<SPIDER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"spider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"spider-cloud-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "<SPIDER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
SPIDER_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.