Crawlforge MCP Server
31 web scraping, crawling, deep-research & autonomous-extraction tools for Claude, Cursor & any MCP client. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.
People who work with crawler, data extraction and deep research and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in JavaScript.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-17 · ★ 2 · #12 OF 93 MAINTAINED WEB SCRAPING · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
MIT · JavaScript servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Crawlforge MCP Server
before you install - you'll need
Set CRAWLFORGE_API_KEY, CRAWLFORGE_API_URL, OLLAMA_API_KEY, DISABLE_OLLAMA, OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, CRAWLFORGE_TOOLS, CRAWLFORGE_TOOL_GROUPS before connecting. OLLAMA_BASE_URL, OLLAMA_DEFAULT_MODEL, OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL, RESEARCH_STEALTH_ENGINE are optional or environment-specific per the README.
Claude Code
claude mcp add mysleekdesigns-crawlforge-mcp -- npx -y crawlforge-mcp-server Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config
{
"mcpServers": {
"mysleekdesigns-crawlforge-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"crawlforge-mcp-server"
]
}
}
} Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.
Using another client? Same JSON, different key
Claude Desktop · mcpServers
Cursor · mcpServers
VS Code · servers
Windsurf · mcpServers
Zed · context_servers
Cline · mcpServers
Roo Code · mcpServers
Continue · mcpServers
LibreChat · mcpServers
Gemini CLI · mcpServers
Codex CLI · mcp_servers
Full setup guides: every client.
02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions
license MIT - declared in the repository
npm package crawlforge-mcp-server - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing
registry namespace io.github.mysleekdesigns is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What Crawlforge MCP Server can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
v6.6.2 · 2026-09-13
A second live round on browser_session, re-testing 6.6.1 across long articles, an SPA, a login app, concurrent sessions and a bot-protected site. Everything 6.6.1 fixed held. Three defects underneath it did not, and…
v6.6.1 · 2026-09-13
The first live test of browser_session since 6.6.0 shipped, across five kinds of site: a static news front page, a client-rendered SPA, a login app, an e-commerce catalog, and a real bot-protected commercial site. The…
v6.6.0 · 2026-09-13
Interactive browser sessions, and the observation primitive underneath them. · scrape_with_actions had to be handed every action up front, choosing CSS selectors for a page it had never seen, and the browser closed…
04 · Who maintains Crawlforge MCP Server
crawlforge-mcp-server is maintained by mysleekdesigns. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Aug 2025.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/mysleekdesigns/crawlforge-mcp
- website
- https://www.crawlforge.dev/
- category
- web scraping - ranked #12 of 93 actively-maintained web scraping servers as of 2026-09-18.
- release cadence
- 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-13)
- registry
- io.github.mysleekdesigns/crawlforge-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-06-07 · 55 versions)
- packages
- npm:crawlforge-mcp-server
06 · Crawlforge MCP Server FAQ
What is Crawlforge MCP Server?
31 web scraping, crawling, deep-research & autonomous-extraction tools for Claude, Cursor & any MCP client. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.
Is Crawlforge MCP Server still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-17 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
How do I install Crawlforge MCP Server?
Run `npx -y crawlforge-mcp-server`. The README documents 12 environment variables (CRAWLFORGE_API_KEY, CRAWLFORGE_API_URL, OLLAMA_BASE_URL…) to set first. Set CRAWLFORGE_API_KEY, CRAWLFORGE_API_URL, OLLAMA_API_KEY, DISABLE_OLLAMA, OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, CRAWLFORGE_TOOLS, CRAWLFORGE_TOOL_GROUPS before connecting. OLLAMA_BASE_URL, OLLAMA_DEFAULT_MODEL, OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL, RESEARCH_STEALTH_ENGINE are optional or environment-specific per the README. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.
Does Crawlforge MCP Server run locally?
Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.
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