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Install MCP-Crawl4AI
Pick your client, copy the command, done.
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Add it to Claude Code
claude mcp add mcp-crawl4ai -- mcp-crawl4aiAvailable Tools (2)
Once configured, MCP-Crawl4AI gives your AI agent access to:
crawlPerforms web crawling and scraping tasks with support for deep traversal and structured extraction.urloptionsclose_sessionCloses an active crawling session and cleans up resources.session_idTry It Out
After setup, try these prompts with your AI agent:
→Crawl the documentation page at https://example.com/docs and summarize the key features in markdown.
→Extract the pricing table from https://example.com/pricing and format it as a JSON object.
→Perform a deep crawl of https://example.com to find all links related to 'API documentation'.
→Scrape the latest news articles from https://example.com/news and provide a bulleted list of headlines.
Prerequisites & system requirements
- An MCP-compatible client (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, or Codex)
- Python 3.8+ with pip installed
- Docker installed and running
Alternative installation methods
uv
uv add mcp-crawl4ai && mcp-crawl4ai --setupDocker
docker build -t mcp-crawl4ai . && docker run -p 8000:8000 mcp-crawl4aiConare · memory for coding agents
Keep this setup from going cold
Save the docs, env vars, and workflow around MCP-Crawl4AI in Conare so Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor remember it next time.
Remember this setup$npx conare@latest