Apify MCP: Documentation

Updated: 25 July 2026

Connection

Remote (recommended): https://mcp.apify.com — Streamable HTTP, auth via an APIFY_TOKEN or OAuth (for clients like Claude.ai).
Local: npx @apify/actors-mcp-server (stdio) with the same APIFY_TOKEN variable.

Tools

Search Apify Store Actors by task description (search-actors), fetch details on a specific Actor.
call-actor — run an Actor with parameters.
get-dataset-items — fetch results of a completed run from its dataset.
Run management and storage access (runs, key-value store).
Search across Apify's documentation.
A ready preconfigured apify/rag-web-browser Actor for web browsing with no separate setup.

Agent flow

"Find an Actor for scraping Google Maps reviews and run it at this address", "collect product listings from this e-commerce site", "pull posts from this VKontakte public page for the past week" — the agent picks a matching Actor instead of writing a scraper from scratch.

Pricing

The MCP server is free; billing follows actual usage of specific Apify Store Actors (most offer a free trial run), including the agentic payment rails x402 (USDC on Base) and Skyfire (PAY tokens). 2.2k★.