apify/mcp-server-rag-web-browser

Overview

A Model Context Protocol server that connects AI assistants to Apify's RAG Web Browser Actor. It enables agents to browse web pages, extract content, and retrieve information for retrieval-augmented generation tasks. The server acts as a bridge between MCP-compatible clients and the Apify web browser actor.

Best for

Best for
Developers building MCP-compatible AI agents that need web browsing for RAG

Use cases

• Enabling AI agents to fetch and process web content for answering questions
• Integrating web browsing capabilities into MCP-based AI workflows
• Automating data extraction from web pages for knowledge base updates

How to use

Install

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js

Tools exposed

• maxResults
• scrapingTool
• raw-http
• browser-playwright
• outputFormats
• requestTimeoutSecs

Tested with

Claude Desktop, VS Code, ChatGPT

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "rag-web-browser": {\n      "command": "npx",\n      "args": ["@apify/mcp-server-rag-web-browser"],\n      "env": {\n        "APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-api-token"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

A Model Context Protocol server that connects AI assistants to Apify’s RAG Web Browser Actor. It enables agents to browse web pages, extract content, and retrieve information for retrieval-augmented generation tasks. The server acts as a bridge between MCP-compatible clients and the Apify web browser actor.

204 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-19. Licensed Apache-2.0.

Use cases

• Enabling AI agents to fetch and process web content for answering questions
• Integrating web browsing capabilities into MCP-based AI workflows
• Automating data extraction from web pages for knowledge base updates

Pros

• Simplifies integration of web browsing into AI agents via standard MCP protocol
• Leverages Apify’s robust web scraping infrastructure
• Open source with active community (204 stars)

Cons

• Requires an Apify account and API token to use the underlying actor
• Limited to the capabilities of the RAG Web Browser Actor (e.g., no JavaScript rendering)
• May have latency due to network calls to Apify servers

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