# How to connect the Apify MCP server

To connect the official Apify MCP server, add https://mcp.apify.com/ to your MCP client as a Streamable HTTP server, then sign in with OAuth when your client prompts you. If your client can't use OAuth, send your Apify API token in the Authorization header as a bearer token. Apify documents setup for Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Claude and Codex.

- Endpoint: https://mcp.apify.com/
- Transport: Streamable HTTP
- Registry: com.apify/apify-mcp-server 0.20.2
- Publisher documentation reviewed: 2026-11-05 (not a tested connection)
- Guide page: https://apitracker.io/mcp-guides/apify-mcp

## Before you start

- An Apify account to run Actors and access storage. Some discovery tools, such as searching Actors and Apify docs, work without one.

## Steps

1. **Open Apify's MCP server setup instructions** <https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp>
2. **Add the Apify MCP server to your client** Add https://mcp.apify.com as a remote MCP server that uses the Streamable HTTP transport (often labelled "http"). Apify also offers a configurator at the same address, a Claude connector, a ChatGPT plugin, and a CLI that installs the server in Cursor and other clients.
3. **Sign in to Apify and approve access in the browser window**
4. **If your client can't use OAuth, send your Apify API token in the Authorization header as a bearer token**
5. **Where to find your Apify API token** Create or copy an API token in the API & Integrations section of Apify Console, and send it as "Bearer" followed by your API token. Keep the token in an environment variable or secret store, not in shared configuration.
6. **List the server's tools**

## Questions

### What is the Apify MCP server URL?

The official Apify MCP server is at https://mcp.apify.com/ and uses the Streamable HTTP transport.

### How do I authenticate with the Apify MCP server?

Sign in with OAuth when your client prompts you. If your client can't use OAuth, send your Apify API token in the Authorization header as a bearer token. Where to find your Apify API token: Create or copy an API token in the API & Integrations section of Apify Console, and send it as "Bearer" followed by your API token. Keep the token in an environment variable or secret store, not in shared configuration.

### Which AI clients can use the Apify MCP server?

Apify's documentation covers Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Claude and Codex. Other clients that support remote Streamable HTTP MCP servers may also work.

### What do I need before connecting Apify MCP?

An Apify account to run Actors and access storage. Some discovery tools, such as searching Actors and Apify docs, work without one.

### Has this Apify MCP guide been tested?

Apify's documentation was reviewed on 2026-11-05. It is not a tested connection; your account and permissions decide which tools work.

## Sources

- https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp (checked 2026-11-05)
- https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server (checked 2026-11-05)
- https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/com.apify%2Fapify-mcp-server/versions/0.20.2 (checked 2026-11-05)
- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/basic/authorization (checked 2026-11-05)

Guide JSON: https://github.com/apideck-libraries/mcp-connect/blob/626f6a146170ded34891b30dca3af26f09e07466/proposals/connection-guide/0.1/reviewed/guides/apify-mcp.json