Scrapling MCP Server

What it does

The MCP server built into Scrapling, an open-source Python web scraping library. It gives an AI agent one-shot tools that fetch a single URL over HTTP or in a browser, and session tools that keep a browser tab open for clicks, screenshots, CSS-selector extraction and network-request history. Browser tools block known ad and tracker domains, and the server strips hidden page content (hidden elements, zero-width characters, HTML comments) that could carry prompt-injection text. Scrapling also has stealth features meant to get past anti-bot checks; its README says to follow scraping and privacy laws and to respect each site's terms of service and robots.txt. BSD-3-Clause licensed.

Who it's for

People who want Claude, Cursor or another MCP client to read and extract data from web pages, including JavaScript-heavy ones, running on their own machine instead of a paid scraping API.

How to set it up

1. Needs Python 3.10 or newer. Install Scrapling with its AI extras, then install the browsers and system dependencies the browser tools use (plain HTTP requests don't need this step):

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   pip install "scrapling[ai]"
   scrapling install

2. Add it to Claude Desktop, Cursor or another client that uses an mcpServers file. scrapling-mcp was added in v0.4.13; on older versions use "command": "scrapling" with "args": ["mcp"]:

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   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "ScraplingServer": {
         "command": "scrapling-mcp"
       }
     }
   }

3. If you installed it in a virtual environment, the client may not find the command. Use the full path instead: find it with which scrapling-mcp (macOS/Linux) or where scrapling-mcp (Windows). In Claude Code:

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   claude mcp add ScraplingServer "/full/path/to/scrapling-mcp"

4. Or run it from the official Docker image:

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   docker run -i --rm pyd4vinci/scrapling mcp

5. Quit and restart the client after adding it. Over HTTP (scrapling-mcp --http), the server requires an auth token unless you explicitly pass --no-auth, because anyone who can reach the port could call every tool, including fetching any URL from your machine. Set it with the SCRAPLING_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN environment variable rather than on the command line.

Check the official Scrapling MCP Server docs for the latest steps.

Install Scrapling MCP Server in your client

Runs on your computer. Needs: Python 3.10 or later, with pip install "scrapling[ai]" and scrapling install. Sign-in or keys: None.

claude mcp add --transport stdio ScraplingServer -- scrapling-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ScraplingServer": {
      "command": "scrapling-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ScraplingServer": {
      "command": "scrapling-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "ScraplingServer": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "scrapling-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

codex mcp add ScraplingServer -- scrapling-mcp

[mcp_servers.ScraplingServer]
command = "scrapling-mcp"
args = []

• If the client can't find scrapling-mcp, replace it with the full path from which scrapling-mcp (or where scrapling-mcp on Windows).
• If the server shows as failed or disconnected, see fixing MCP error -32000.
• Compare every server's runtime and sign-in needs in the MCP server requirements table.

Checked Nov 4, 2026 against the official docs. Snippets use placeholders; keep real keys out of files you commit. Windsurf is not listed because we have not verified its format.

Set it up / Fixes

Step-by-step guides for getting Scrapling MCP Server running and fixing common errors.

• Setup:How to add an MCP server to Cursor
• Setup:The best MCP servers for Claude Code
• Fix:Fix MCP error -32000: "Connection closed"

Example prompts

Use make_request to fetch https://example.com/blog and list every post title with its date.

Use browser_fetch_once on this product page and extract the name, price and stock status with CSS selectors.

Open the page in a browser session, click Load more twice, then show me the network requests that returned JSON.

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