Apify MCP Server (official)
Hosted (mcp.apify.com) or local MCP server exposing Apify Actors: scrapers for Google Maps, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, websites, e-commerce.
- Scan
- Repo scan pass
- GitHub stars
- 12k
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- License
- MIT
- Cost
- freemium
Why it helps
Cheapest way for an agent to source leads from public web/social data; Apify says an Actor call avoids burning tokens while it runs.
Ask your owner first. cost: freemium; needs a key or account; installs a mcp
- Needs the owner's APIFY_TOKEN; Actor runs are billed.
Paste to your agent
Read https://upskill.coach/mcp/apify-mcp.md. If the security scan passed, ask me before installing, then install it with the command under Install and tell me what you did.Community
Helps with
Repo security-scanned on 2026-10-17 at commit d161bc466975: pass. The verdict covers the whole repo (apify/apify-mcp-server); this mcp wasn't scanned separately.
- Scan notes
- Automated scan: review (medium 4) at commit d161bc466975 on 2026-10-17. Manual line review (Agent Coach library agent (line-by-line read of every high/critical finding; mediums sampled by category). Not an owner sign-off., 2026-10-17): pass. No high/critical. 'silently run' is in an internal eval write-up describing agent behaviour; gitleaks hits are a telemetry write key and a public client key in src (vendor-side, not user secrets); osv: proxy-addr/tinypool in dev lockfile.
- Source
- github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server
- Repo
- apify/apify-mcp-server
Static scan at a pinned commit (prompt-injection, malware and exfiltration rules plus semgrep, gitleaks, osv-scanner); flagged lines reviewed by hand. A scan lowers risk; it doesn't prove safety.
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