# MCP server

`MCP https://api.crawl4ai.com/mcp`

Use Crawl4AI as native tools inside ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. No install: paste the URL and sign in, or add your key.


ChatGPT · Claude:

```text
# sign in, no key
# ChatGPT: Settings → Plugins / Apps → add a custom connector
# Claude:  Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL:   https://api.crawl4ai.com/mcp
# sign in with your Crawl4AI account and click Allow: the app runs on your own credits,
# shows as a key named after the app in your dashboard, and you can revoke it there
```

Claude Code:

```bash
# one line in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http crawl4ai \
  https://api.crawl4ai.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..."
```

Codex:

```toml
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.crawl4ai]
url = "https://api.crawl4ai.com/mcp"
http_headers = { Authorization = "Bearer sk_live_..." }
```

OpenCode:

```json
# opencode.json
{ "mcp": { "crawl4ai": {
    "type": "remote",
    "url": "https://api.crawl4ai.com/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_..." } } } }
```

Cursor · Windsurf:

```json
# ~/.cursor/mcp.json  (Windsurf: ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json)
{ "mcpServers": { "crawl4ai": {
    "url": "https://api.crawl4ai.com/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_..." } } } }
```

OpenClaw:

```json
# ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json, the mcp.servers block
{ mcp: { servers: { crawl4ai: {
    url: "https://api.crawl4ai.com/mcp",
    transport: "streamable-http",
    headers: { Authorization: "Bearer sk_live_..." } } } } }
```

Claude Desktop:

```text
# Claude Desktop → Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Name:  crawl4ai
URL:   https://api.crawl4ai.com/mcp
# then sign in with your Crawl4AI account and click Allow: no key needed
```



> **Note**
>
> Tools exposed: `scrape` · `search` · `serp` · `answer` · `extract` · `batch` · `jobs_submit` · `jobs_status` · `jobs_results` (the [bulk jobs](https://crawl4ai.com/docs/scrape-jobs/), 50 to 500 URLs) · `recipes_list` · `recipe_run` (the [recipes](https://crawl4ai.com/docs/recipes/)) · the billing tools `balance` · `plans` · `estimate` · `topup` · `spend_cap` · `recharge` · and `report_issue` (sends a bug report to the Crawl4AI team). Your dashboard's MCP tab pre-fills this with your key.



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Source: https://crawl4ai.com/docs/mcp/