Outscraper MCP
OfficialServer Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTSCRAPER_API_KEY | Yes | Your Outscraper API key. |
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 |
|---|---|
| ai_scraperA | Extract structured information from a web page with Outscraper AI Scraper. Best for:
This tool is best for extracting structured data from a single page. How schema works:
Example schema: { "type": "object", "required": [], "properties": { "company_name": { "type": "string" }, "company_description": { "type": "string" }, "people": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } } } } Execution notes:
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| businesses_searchA | Search Outscraper businesses using structured filters, a natural-language query, or both. Best for:
Prefer this tool when:
Use this instead of google_maps_search when:
Note:
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| businesses_getA | Get one business by Outscraper business id. Best for:
Use this after businesses_search when you already know the exact business id. Do not use this for discovery:
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| google_maps_searchA | Search Google Maps places through Outscraper. Best for:
Prefer this tool when:
Use businesses_search instead when:
Use execution_mode="auto" when:
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| google_maps_reviewsA | Fetch Google Maps reviews for place ids or place queries. Best for:
Prefer this tool when:
Use async mode when:
Do not use this for basic place discovery:
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| google_maps_photosA | Fetch Google Maps photos with the documented /google-maps-photos endpoint. Best for:
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| google_searchC | Search Google with the documented /google-search endpoint. |
| google_search_imagesC | Search Google Images with the documented /google-search-images endpoint. |
| yellowpages_searchC | Search Yellowpages with the documented /yellowpages-search endpoint. |
| indeed_searchC | Search Indeed with the documented /indeed-search endpoint. |
| tripadvisor_searchC | Search Tripadvisor with the documented /tripadvisor-search endpoint. |
| booking_reviewsC | Fetch Booking reviews with the documented /booking-reviews endpoint. |
| yelp_reviewsC | Fetch Yelp reviews with the documented /yelp-reviews endpoint. |
| tripadvisor_reviewsC | Fetch Tripadvisor reviews with the documented /tripadvisor-reviews endpoint. |
| tp_dataB | Legacy alias for trustpilot_data. Prefer trustpilot_data for new integrations. |
| trustpilot_dataC | Fetch Trustpilot business data with the documented /trustpilot endpoint. |
| tp_reviewsB | Legacy alias for trustpilot_reviews. Prefer trustpilot_reviews for new integrations. |
| trustpilot_reviewsD | Fetch Trustpilot reviews with the documented /trustpilot-reviews endpoint. |
| emails_validatorA | Validate email addresses with the documented /email-validator endpoint. Best for:
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| phones_enricherA | Enrich phone numbers using the documented /phones-enricher endpoint. Best for:
Note: this endpoint is synchronous only and does not support async execution or webhooks. |
| chain_infoA | Detect chain membership using the documented ai_chain_info enrichment. This tool uses the documented enrichment on top of the Google Maps search pipeline. Use it when you want to know whether a business is part of a chain. |
| company_insightsA | Get structured company-level insight data from Outscraper. Best for:
Prefer this tool when:
Use async mode when:
Use emails_and_contacts instead when:
Returns:
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| emails_and_contactsA | Find emails, phones, and social/contact data from one or more company domains. Best for:
Prefer this tool when:
Use async mode when:
Use company_insights instead when:
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| pingA | Check whether the Outscraper MCP server is running and return basic server metadata. Best for:
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| balance_getA | Fetch the current Outscraper account balance and billing summary for the active API key. Best for:
Use this when:
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| requests_getA | Check the status of an asynchronous Outscraper request. Use this after calling any tool with execution_mode="async" or after an auto-selected async submission. Typical flow:
Use this tool when:
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| requests_listA | List recent Outscraper requests by bucket. Best for:
Use this when:
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| requests_deleteA | Delete or terminate an asynchronous Outscraper request by request id. Best for:
Use this carefully:
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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 28 tools
Most source-specific tools like yelp_reviews, indeed_search, and google_maps_photos are clearly distinct, but google_maps_search and businesses_search overlap for place/business discovery. The legacy aliases tp_data/trustpilot_data and tp_reviews/trustpilot_reviews are direct duplicates, and while descriptions help, an agent can still misselect between the search and enrichment tools.
The set is overwhelmingly consistent: lowercase snake_case object_action names like businesses_search, requests_list, and emails_validator dominate. Deviations like ping, chain_info, company_insights, and the tp_* legacy aliases break the pattern slightly, but the naming remains predictable overall.
At 28 tools, the server exceeds the reasonable range for an MCP surface, even for a broad scraping platform. Several tools are near-duplicates or legacy aliases, and the count adds cognitive load beyond what the core workflows require.
The surface covers the main Outscraper workflows well: place/business search, per-source reviews and photos, enrichment, email/phone validation, and async request lifecycle management. Minor gaps like a dedicated place-details endpoint are workable because businesses_get and the requests_* tools fill adjacent needs.