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Anthropic's official desktop application for Claude AI with native MCP support. Perfect for conversational AI automation and interactive web scraping workflows.

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Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following:

• An active Scrapfly account
• Claude Desktop installed (macOS or Windows)
• Your Scrapfly API key (only if not using OAuth2)

Setup Instructions

Follow these steps to integrate Scrapfly MCP with Claude Desktop. The entire setup takes less than 5 minutes.

1. Locate Your Configuration File

   Claude Desktop stores its configuration in a JSON file. Open the file for your operating system:

   macOS:

   ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

   Windows:

   %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
   Tip: How to Open Config File

   On macOS:

   • Open Finder and press ⌘ + Shift + G
   • Paste: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/
   • Open claude_desktop_config.json with any text editor

   On Windows:

   • Press Win + R to open Run dialog
   • Type: %APPDATA%\Claude and press Enter
   • Open claude_desktop_config.json with Notepad or your preferred editor
2. Choose Authentication Method

   Select your preferred authentication method:

   Add the following configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "scrapfly": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": [
           "mcp-remote",
           "https://mcp.scrapfly.io/mcp"
         ]
       }
     }
   }

   How it works: On first connection, Claude Desktop will display an OAuth2 URL in the chat. Click it to authorize in your browser - happens once, then managed automatically. See project-scoped setup for team collaboration.

   Add the following configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "scrapfly": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": [
           "mcp-remote",
           "https://mcp.scrapfly.io/mcp?key="
         ]
       }
     }
   }

   Sign up for free to get your API key.
3. Restart Claude Desktop

   After saving the configuration file, completely quit and restart Claude Desktop to apply the changes.

   How to Properly Restart

   On macOS:

   • Right-click the Claude icon in the Dock and select "Quit"
   • Or press ⌘ + Q while Claude is active
   • Reopen Claude from Applications or Spotlight

   On Windows:

   • Right-click the Claude icon in the system tray and select "Quit"
   • Or close all Claude windows and exit from Task Manager if needed
   • Reopen Claude from Start Menu or Desktop shortcut
4. Verify the Integration

   After restarting, check that the MCP tools are available:

   1. Look for the hammer icon (🔨) in the bottom right corner of the chat window
   2. Click the hammer icon to see available MCP tools - you should see Scrapfly tools listed
   3. Try a test prompt: "Can you scrape https://news.ycombinator.com and show me the top 5 posts?"
   Pro Tip: Claude will automatically call the scraping_instruction_enhanced tool first to get the required "pow" parameter before making scraping requests. You do not need to worry about this - it happens behind the scenes!

Example Prompts

Troubleshooting

Next Steps

• Explore available MCP tools and their capabilities
• See real-world examples of what you can build
• Learn about authentication methods in detail
• Read the FAQ for common questions