Crawleo MCP

Real-time web search and crawling capabilities for AI assistants through Model Context Protocol (MCP). It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that work with web and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in JavaScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2025-12-31 · ★ 11 · #90 OF 93 MAINTAINED WEB SCRAPING · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · JavaScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Crawleo MCP

before you install - you'll need

CRAWLEO_API_KEY

Environment variables documented in the project's README - it lists which are required and which have defaults.

Claude Code

claude mcp add crawleo-crawleo-mcp --transport http https://api.crawleo.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crawleo-crawleo-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.crawleo.dev/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

https://api.crawleo.dev/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - authentication required · probed 2026-09-17

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 remote - your agent's requests go to api.crawleo.dev

endpoint auth requires authentication - rejected our unauthenticated MCP initialize

license MIT - declared in the repository

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

03 · What Crawleo 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 web in real-time with customizable parameters, and extract content from specific URLs.

The 2 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what Crawleo-MCP lets an agent do.

web.search: - Search the web in real-time with customizable parameters.
web.crawl: - Extract content from specific URLs.

04 · Who maintains Crawleo MCP

Crawleo-MCP is maintained by crawleo. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Nov 2025.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/crawleo/crawleo-mcp
category: web scraping - ranked #90 of 93 actively-maintained web scraping servers as of 2026-09-18.
registry: io.github.Crawleo/Crawleo-MCP (active, first published 2025-12-31)

06 · Crawleo MCP FAQ

What is Crawleo MCP?

Real-time web search and crawling capabilities for AI assistants through Model Context Protocol (MCP). It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Is Crawleo MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2025-12-31. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Crawleo MCP?

Run `claude mcp add crawleo-crawleo-mcp --transport http https://api.crawleo.dev/mcp`. The README documents one environment variable (CRAWLEO_API_KEY) to set first. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Crawleo MCP require authentication?

Yes - when we probed the endpoint on 2026-09-17, it rejected an unauthenticated MCP initialize; you'll need credentials to connect.

07 · Alternatives to Crawleo MCP

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