spider-cloud-mcp
MCP server for the Spider web crawling and scraping API, enabling AI agents to crawl, scrape, search, and extract web data.
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spider-cloud-mcp
MCP server for the Spider web crawling and scraping API. Crawl, scrape, search, and extract web data for AI agents, RAG pipelines, and LLMs.
Setup
1. Get your API key
Sign up at spider.cloud and get your API key from the API Keys page.
2. Configure your MCP client
Claude Desktop
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"spider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "spider-cloud-mcp"],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add spider -- npx -y spider-cloud-mcp
Then set your API key in the environment or .env file:
SPIDER_API_KEY=your-api-key
Cursor
Add to your Cursor MCP settings:
{
"mcpServers": {
"spider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "spider-cloud-mcp"],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}
Tools
Core Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
spider_crawl |
Crawl a website and extract content from multiple pages |
spider_scrape |
Scrape a single page (no crawling) |
spider_search |
Search the web with optional page content fetching |
spider_links |
Extract all links from a page |
spider_screenshot |
Capture page screenshots |
spider_unblocker |
Access bot-protected content with anti-bot bypass |
spider_transform |
Transform HTML to markdown/text/other formats |
spider_get_credits |
Check your credit balance |
AI Tools (Subscription Required)
These tools require an active AI subscription plan.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
spider_ai_crawl |
AI-guided crawling with natural language prompts |
spider_ai_scrape |
Extract structured data using plain English |
spider_ai_search |
AI-enhanced semantic web search |
spider_ai_browser |
Automate browser interactions with natural language |
spider_ai_links |
Intelligent link extraction and filtering |
Examples
Crawl a website to markdown
Use spider_crawl to crawl https://example.com with limit 10 and return_format "markdown"
Search the web
Use spider_search to search for "latest AI research papers" with fetch_page_content true and num 5
AI-powered extraction
Use spider_ai_scrape on https://news.ycombinator.com with prompt "Extract all article titles, URLs, points, and comment counts as structured JSON"
Check credits
Use spider_get_credits to check my balance
API Reference
Full API documentation: spider.cloud/docs/api
License
MIT
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