crawlbase-mcp

What is this MCP

Crawlbase MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that enables AI agents and LLMs to access live web data through Crawlbase's web scraping infrastructure. It provides real-time content fetching with JavaScript rendering, proxy rotation, anti-bot protection, and structured outputs (HTML, Markdown, screenshots).

How to use this MCP

To use this MCP, first sign up for free Crawlbase tokens, then configure the MCP server in your preferred client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor IDE, or Windsurf IDE) by adding the server configuration with your API tokens. Once configured, you can use commands like crawl, crawl_markdown, or crawl_screenshot within your AI workflows to fetch web data.

What this MCP can be used for

This MCP can be used for market research by pulling live data from competitors and news sources, e-commerce monitoring to track products and prices in real time, keeping AI agents updated with current events and finance feeds, and enabling autonomous AI agents to act on fresh web data. It also supports async crawling with cloud storage for batch processing and session persistence.