Clearcrawl MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEARCRAWL_API_KEY | No | Optional Clearcrawl API key used for paid credits. The free tier allows 100 calls a day without a key; for paid credits, provide your key (equivalent to the `Authorization: Bearer <your key>` header used by the remote HTTP endpoint). |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| read_urlA | Fetch a public URL and return clean markdown (format="markdown") or structured JSON: title, author, date, markdown, text, links, tables. PDF URLs are converted automatically. Cost: 2 credits ($0.002); free tier 100 calls/day. |
| convert_fileA | Convert a PDF, XLSX/XLS/CSV, or DOCX into text and tables. Give a public file URL, or a local file path (read on this machine and uploaded). Cost: 3 credits ($0.003) per page or sheet. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 2 tools
convert_file and read_url both can handle PDFs from URLs, creating potential confusion. Descriptions clarify that convert_file focuses on local/public files and Office formats while read_url targets web pages with structured output, but the overlap leaves some ambiguity.
Both tools follow a consistent snake_case verb_noun pattern (convert_file, read_url). The naming is predictable and clearly indicates the action and resource.
Only two tools for a server that handles both file conversion and URL fetching; this feels thin for the apparent scope. While each tool covers multiple formats, the set lacks breadth (e.g., batch processing, crawling).
The surface covers basic file conversion and single-URL reading, but notable gaps exist. For a server named Clearcrawl, there is no tool to crawl multiple pages or follow links, and no batch conversion or structured metadata extraction from files.