Oxylabs MCP Server

JavaScript SDK for Oxylabs AI Studio API services

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What is the Oxylabs MCP server?

JavaScript SDK for Oxylabs AI Studio API services. Exposed over MCP by the oxylabs mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

A JavaScript SDK for seamlessly interacting with Oxylabs AI Studio API services, including AI-Scraper, AI-Crawler, AI-Browser-Agent and other data extraction tools.

Adding it to your client

The server ships on npm as oxylabs-ai-studio, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Configuration

You will need 2 environment variables: OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY, OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the oxylabs mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by oxybrain; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

How to install the Oxylabs MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oxylabs-ai-studio-mcp-js": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oxylabs-ai-studio"],
      "env": {
        "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_URL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Frequently asked questions

It connects Oxylabs to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Oxylabs directly.