What is Crawl4AI-MCP?

Crawl4AI-MCP is a tool that wraps the Crawl4AI library with a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This allows you to access Crawl4AI's crawling functionality through Python functions using the MCP protocol.

How can I use Crawl4AI-MCP?

You can use Crawl4AI-MCP by interacting with its MCP server. Send requests to the server using the MCP protocol to initiate web crawls and retrieve the scraped data.

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Crawl4AI MCP Server

Wraps the Crawl4AI library with a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, providing crawling functionality via Python functions.

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What is the Crawl4AI MCP Server?

Wraps the Crawl4AI library with a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, providing crawling functionality via Python functions.

The short version

The Docker image includes Playwright browsers — no separate setup needed.

Full MCP compliance — via FastMCP v3 with tool annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, etc.)
4 focused tools — centered on canonical scrape/crawl plus session lifecycle/artifacts
3 prompts — for common LLM workflows (summarize, extract schema, compare pages)
2 resources — exposing server configuration and version info
Headless Chromium — managed as a lifespan singleton (start once, reuse everywhere)
Multiple transports — — stdio (default) and Streamable HTTP

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Maintainer setup documentation.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

Tool	What it does
scrape	Scrape one URL or a bounded list of URLs (up to 20) with a single canonical envelope response.
crawl
close_session	Close a stateful session created via options.session.session_id.
get_artifact	Retrieve artifact metadata/content captured during scrape or crawl when options.conversion.capture_artifacts is enabled.

Example prompts to try

“Use Crawl4AI to scrape.”
“Use Crawl4AI to crawl.”
“Use Crawl4AI to close session.”

Frequently asked questions

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standardized way for different applications and services to communicate, particularly in AI and data processing workflows. Crawl4AI-MCP uses it to expose its crawling capabilities.