The missing link between AI models and the real‑world web: one API that delivers clean, structured data from any site.

The Oxylabs MCP server provides a bridge between AI models and the web. It enables them to scrape any URL, render JavaScript-heavy pages, extract and format content for AI use, bypass anti-scraping measures, and access geo-restricted web data from 195+ countries.

This implementation leverages the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to create a secure, standardized way for AI assistants to interact with web content.

Imagine telling your LLM "Summarise the latest Hacker News discussion about GPT‑7" – and it simply answers.
MCP (Multi‑Client Proxy) makes that happen by doing the boring parts for you:

Oxylabs MCP provides two sets of tools that can be used together or independently:

1. universal_scraper: Uses Oxylabs Web Scraper API for general website scraping.
2. google_search_scraper: Uses Oxylabs Web Scraper API to extract results from Google Search.
3. amazon_search_scraper: Uses Oxylabs Web Scraper API to scrape Amazon search result pages.
4. amazon_product_scraper: Uses Oxylabs Web Scraper API to extract data from individual Amazon product pages.

The Oxylabs AI Studio MCP server provides various AI tools for your agents:

5. ai_scraper: Scrape content from any URL in JSON or Markdown format with AI-powered data extraction.
6. ai_crawler: Based on a prompt, crawls a website and collects data in Markdown or JSON format across multiple pages.
7. ai_browser_agent: Given a task, the agent controls a browser to achieve the given objective and returns data in Markdown, JSON, HTML, or screenshot formats.
8. ai_search: Search the web for URLs and their contents with AI-powered content extraction.

When you've set up the MCP server with Claude, you can make requests like:

• Could you scrape https://www.google.com/search?q=ai page?
• Scrape https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Smartphone-Contract-Function-Manufacturer-Exclusive/dp/B0CNKD651V with parse enabled
• Scrape https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/bestsellers/beauty/ref=zg_bs_nav_beauty_0 with parse and render enabled
• Use web unblocker with render to scrape https://www.bestbuy.com/site/top-deals/all-electronics-on-sale/pcmcat1674241939957.c

• Use AI scraper to get top news headlines from https://news-site.com in JSON format.
• Use AI crawler with prompt "extract all product information" to crawl https://example-store.com
• Use browser agent with task "log in and extract dashboard data" on https://complex-app.com
• Use AI search to find 5 "latest AI developments" and return URLs with their content

Before you begin, make sure you have:

• Oxylabs Web Scraper API Account: Obtain your username and password from Oxylabs (1-week free trial available)
• Oxylabs AI Studio API Key (Optional): For AI-powered tools, obtain your API key from Oxylabs AI Studio (separate service)

Via Smithery CLI:

• Node.js (v16+)
• npx command-line tool

Via uv:

• uv package manager – install it using this guide

• Python 3.12+
• uv package manager – install it using this guide

The Oxylabs MCP Universal Scraper accepts these parameters:

# example for Claude Desktop
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @upstash/context7-mcp --client claude --key <smithery_key>

# macOS and Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oxylabs": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["oxylabs-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OXYLABS_USERNAME": "OXYLABS_USERNAME",
        "OXYLABS_PASSWORD": "OXYLABS_PASSWORD",
        "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY": "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

# macOS and Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oxylabs": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/<Absolute-path-to-folder>/oxylabs-mcp",
        "run",
        "oxylabs-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OXYLABS_USERNAME": "OXYLABS_USERNAME",
        "OXYLABS_PASSWORD": "OXYLABS_PASSWORD",
        "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY": "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Navigate to Claude → Settings → Developer → Edit Config and add one of the configurations above to the claude_desktop_config.json file.

Navigate to Cursor → Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP. Click Add new global MCP server and add one of the configurations above.

Oxylabs MCP server supports the following environment variables

*At least one set of credentials (Web Scraper API or AI Studio) is required to use the MCP server.

The Oxylabs MCP server supports two independent services:

• Oxylabs Web Scraper API: Requires OXYLABS_USERNAME and OXYLABS_PASSWORD
• Oxylabs AI Studio: Requires OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY

You can use either service independently or both together. The server will automatically detect which credentials are available and enable the corresponding tools.

Server provides additional information about the tool calls in notification/message events

{
  "method": "notifications/message",
  "params": {
    "level": "info",
    "data": "Create job with params: {\"url\": \"https://ip.oxylabs.io\"}"
  }
}

{
  "method": "notifications/message",
  "params": {
    "level": "info",
    "data": "Job info: job_id=7333113830223918081 job_status=done"
  }
}

{
  "method": "notifications/message",
  "params": {
    "level": "error",
    "data": "Error: request to Oxylabs API failed"
  }
}

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