How do I use spider-cloud-mcp?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@spider-cloud-mcp Crawl https://docs.spider.cloud and limit to 10 pages" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

spider-cloud-mcp

by spider-rs

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spider-cloud-mcp

MCP server for the Spider web crawling and scraping API. Crawl, scrape, search, and extract web data for AI agents, RAG pipelines, and LLMs.

Setup

1. Get your API key

2. Configure your MCP client

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spider": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "spider-cloud-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SPIDER_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add spider -- npx -y spider-cloud-mcp

Then set your API key in the environment or .env file:

SPIDER_API_KEY=your-api-key

Cursor

Add to your Cursor MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spider": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "spider-cloud-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SPIDER_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Related MCP server: crawl4ai-mcp

Tools

Core Tools

Tool	Description
`spider_crawl`	Crawl a website and extract content from multiple pages
`spider_scrape`	Scrape a single page (no crawling)
`spider_search`	Search the web with optional page content fetching
`spider_links`	Extract all links from a page
`spider_screenshot`	Capture page screenshots
`spider_unblocker`	Access bot-protected content with anti-bot bypass
`spider_transform`	Transform HTML to markdown/text/other formats
`spider_get_credits`	Check your credit balance

AI Tools (Subscription Required)

These tools require an active AI subscription plan.

Tool	Description
`spider_ai_crawl`	AI-guided crawling with natural language prompts
`spider_ai_scrape`	Extract structured data using plain English
`spider_ai_search`	AI-enhanced semantic web search
`spider_ai_browser`	Automate browser interactions with natural language
`spider_ai_links`	Intelligent link extraction and filtering

Examples

Crawl a website to markdown

Use spider_crawl to crawl https://example.com with limit 10 and return_format "markdown"

Search the web

Use spider_search to search for "latest AI research papers" with fetch_page_content true and num 5

AI-powered extraction

Use spider_ai_scrape on https://news.ycombinator.com with prompt "Extract all article titles, URLs, points, and comment counts as structured JSON"

Check credits

Use spider_get_credits to check my balance

API Reference

Full API documentation: spider.cloud/docs/api

License

MIT

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license - permissive license

quality - not tested

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–Release cycle

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