spider-cloud-mcp

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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