Apify Actors MCP (RAG Web Browser)

Add to your client

Copy the config for your MCP client and paste it into its config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-actors-mcp-rag-web-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@apify/actors-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "<your-apify-api-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Before you start

• Node.js v22+ for the local stdio server (or just an OAuth-capable client for the hosted server)
• An Apify account and API token (APIFY_TOKEN) from apify.com — the hosted server can also authenticate via OAuth without manual token entry
• An MCP client such as Claude Desktop/Claude.ai, VS Code, Cursor, or ChatGPT

About Apify Actors MCP (RAG Web Browser)

Tools & capabilities (11)

When to use it

• Use it when an agent needs web search plus page-to-markdown scraping (RAG grounding) out of the box.
• Use it when you want to discover and run a ready-made scraper from the Apify Store without writing one.
• Use it when you need to extract structured data from a site that already has a maintained Actor.
• Use it when you want OAuth-based remote access from Claude.ai or VS Code without managing API tokens.
• Use it when an agent should look up Apify platform docs while building a scraping workflow.
• Use it when you need to fetch and paginate large Actor outputs from datasets or key-value stores.

Quick setup

1. 1Create an Apify account and copy your API token from the console (or plan to use OAuth with the hosted server).
2. 2For remote use, point your client at https://mcp.apify.com and authenticate via OAuth or a Bearer token header.
3. 3For local use, configure the server with command `npx` and args `@apify/actors-mcp-server`, setting APIFY_TOKEN in env.
4. 4Optionally scope loaded tools with `--tools` / the `?tools=` query param (e.g. actors,docs,apify/rag-web-browser).
5. 5Restart your MCP client and confirm the Apify tools appear.
6. 6Verify by asking the agent to run the RAG Web Browser on a query and return markdown.

Apify Actors MCP (RAG Web Browser) FAQ