Reef API MCP Server

One MCP server for 150+ live web-data APIs - search engines, social media, e-commerce, real estate, jobs, travel, news, finance, and company/domain/people intelligence. The assistant discovers the right engine, then pulls clean JSON from sites that block scrapers (captcha, login, JS, anti-bot). It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

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

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-29 · ★ 4 · #84 OF 93 MAINTAINED WEB SCRAPING · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Reef API

before you install - you'll need

REEFAPI_KEY

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add reefapi-reefapi-mcp --transport http https://api.reefapi.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reefapi-reefapi-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.reefapi.com/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.reefapi.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · 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.reefapi.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license MIT - declared in the repository

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

03 · Who maintains Reef API

ReefAPI is maintained by reefapi. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jun 2026.

04 · Facts

repository: github.com/reefapi/reefapi-mcp
website: https://reefapi.com/mcp
category: web scraping - ranked #84 of 93 actively-maintained web scraping servers as of 2026-09-18.
registry: io.github.reefapi/reefapi-mcp (active, first published 2026-06-23 · 2 versions)

05 · Reef API FAQ

What is Reef API?

Is Reef API still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-08-29. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Reef API?

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

Does Reef API require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-17; you can connect without credentials.

06 · Alternatives to Reef API

Alternatives to Reef API

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