What is Apify?
Apify is a MCP server by apify that use Apify Actors, pre-built cloud tools, to extract data from websites, e-commerce, social media, search engines, maps and more. It is listed under Other and has 11,749 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | apify |
| Repository | apify/actors-mcp-server |
| Popularity | 11,749 GitHub stars |
| Category | Other |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #59 of 4,418 MCP servers; #5 in Other |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-16 |
| Stars this week | +1,141 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | TypeScript |
Is Apify safe to install?
Apify scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install Apify?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/apify/actors-mcp-server
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add actors-mcp-server -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http actors-mcp-server <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs Apify for you:
Add the "Apify" MCP server from https://github.com/apify/actors-mcp-server to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.