MCP server

Crawlbase

io.github.pipeworx-io/crawlbase

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Crawlbase MCP — wraps the Crawlbase Crawling API (crawlbase.com, formerly ProxyCrawl). One…

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

45

Token cost

About 27,992 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http crawlbase https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crawlbase/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.crawlbase]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crawlbase/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"crawlbase":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crawlbase/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"crawlbase":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crawlbase/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"crawlbase":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crawlbase/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add crawlbase https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crawlbase/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"crawlbase","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crawlbase/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"crawlbase","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crawlbase/mcp"}

Tools

• crawlbase_scrape Browses the web · ~664 tokens
  Scrape any website through Crawlbase rotating residential proxies with server-side anti-bot bypass (Cloudflare, DataDome, hCaptcha solved for you). Returns the page as HTML (default), clean markdown (format:"md" — great for LLM context), or a JSON envelope with metadata (format:"json"). JavaScript-h
• crawlbase_screenshot Browses the web · ~519 tokens
  Capture a screenshot of a rendered web page via Crawlbase (headless browser + rotating proxies, anti-bot bypass). Returns a stored screenshot_url (JPEG, link expires after about one hour) plus crawl metadata. Requires your Crawlbase JavaScript token as _apiKey — screenshots always render in a real b
• crawlbase_structured ~506 tokens
  Scrape a page into clean structured JSON using a named Crawlbase scraper — skip HTML parsing entirely. Common scraper names: "amazon-product-details", "amazon-serp", "google-serp", "facebook-page", "facebook-profile", "instagram-profile", "instagram-post", "linkedin-profile", "linkedin-company", "ti

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• GitHub tools
• Cloudflare tools
• Web scraping
• Browser automation
• Web search
• Website screenshots

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