Octen MCP

MCP server for Octen. Plug it into Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, or any MCP client to give your agent live web search and URL extraction. Its 8 documented tools cluster into read & search, extract, create & write, broad. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting web scraping tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-19 · ★ 14 · #17 OF 78 MAINTAINED WEB SCRAPING · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Octen MCP

before you install - you'll need

Set OCTEN_API_KEY, HTTPS_PROXY before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add octen-team-octen-mcp -- npx -y octen-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octen-team-octen-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "octen-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 octen-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.Octen-Team is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Octen MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can search the live web with domain, text, language (ISO 639-1), time, and content controls, and fetch 1-20 URLs and return clean content, labels, and optional highlights.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Octen MCP lets an agent do.

read & search

2 tools - e.g. Search the live web with domain, text, language (ISO 639-1), time, and content controls; docs.octen.ai/api-reference/search

search · Search

Extract

2 tools - e.g. Fetch 1-20 URLs and return clean content, labels, and optional highlights; docs.octen.ai/api-reference/extract

extract · Extract

create & write

1 tool - e.g. Same engine as search, fixed to news

news_search

Broad

1 tool - e.g. Decompose a query into up to max_queries sub-queries, search concurrently, return grouped results (same per-sub-query options as search, including the language

broad_search

Image

1 tool - e.g. _In Beta - contact us for beta access._ Search the web for images by text query (optional reference image_url)

image_search

Video

1 tool - e.g. _In Beta - contact us for beta access._ Search the web for videos by text query

video_search

Latest releases

v0.4.2 · 2026-08-19

self-contained fetch - every call fails on Node 26+ (undici 8 rejects the v6 dispatcher) [0.4.2]

v0.4.1 · 2026-08-15

report a stalled response body as a timeout, not as malformed JSON (0.4.1)

v0.4.0 · 2026-08-14

reuse connections, default timeouts, and report err.cause (0.4.0)

04 · Who maintains Octen MCP

octen-mcp is maintained by octen-team. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to May 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/octen-team/octen-mcp
category: web scraping - ranked #17 of 78 actively-maintained web scraping servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-19)
registry: io.github.Octen-Team/octen-mcp (active, first published 2026-05-20)
packages: npm:octen-mcp

06 · Octen MCP FAQ

Is Octen MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-19 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Octen MCP do?

How do I install Octen MCP?

Run `npx -y octen-mcp`. The README documents 2 environment variables (OCTEN_API_KEY, HTTPS_PROXY) to set first. Set OCTEN_API_KEY, HTTPS_PROXY before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Octen MCP 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.

07 · Alternatives to Octen MCP

Alternatives to Octen MCP

Maintained web scraping servers if Octen MCP isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Octen MCP doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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