Crawleo MCP server

Crawleo MCP Server

Real-time web search and crawling capabilities for AI assistants through Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Overview

Crawleo MCP enables AI assistants to access live web data through two powerful tools:

• web.search - Real-time web search with multiple output formats
• web.crawl - Deep content extraction from any URL

Features

✅ Real-time web search from any country/language ✅ Multiple output formats - Enhanced HTML, Raw HTML, Markdown, Plain Text ✅ Device-specific results - Desktop, mobile, or tablet view ✅ Deep content extraction with JavaScript rendering ✅ Zero data retention - Complete privacy ✅ Auto-crawling option for search results

Installation

Option 1: NPM (Recommended for local usage)

Install globally via npm:

npm install -g crawleo-mcp

Or use npx without installing:

npx crawleo-mcp

Option 2: Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/Crawleo/Crawleo-MCP.git
cd Crawleo-MCP
npm install
npm run build

Option 3: Docker

Build and run using Docker:

# Build the image
docker build -t crawleo-mcp .

# Run with your API key
docker run -e CRAWLEO_API_KEY=your_api_key crawleo-mcp

Docker configuration for MCP clients:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crawleo": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "CRAWLEO_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE", "crawleo-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Option 4: Remote Server (No installation needed)

Use the hosted version at https://api.crawleo.dev/mcp - see configuration examples below.

Getting Your API Key

1. Visit crawleo.dev
2. Sign up for a free account
3. Navigate to your dashboard
4. Copy your API key (starts with sk_)

Setup Instructions

Using Local MCP Server (npm package)

After installing via npm, configure your MCP client to use the local server:

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf (Local):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crawleo": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["crawleo-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CRAWLEO_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or if installed globally:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crawleo": {
      "command": "crawleo-mcp",
      "env": {
        "CRAWLEO_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

From cloned repository:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crawleo": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/Crawleo-MCP/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "CRAWLEO_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using Remote Server (Hosted)

1. Claude Desktop

Location of config file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claudedesktopconfig.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claudedesktopconfig.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claudedesktopconfig.json

Configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crawleo": {
      "url": "https://api.crawleo.dev/mcp",
      "transport": "http",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOURAPIKEY_HERE with your actual API key from crawleo.dev.

Steps:

1. Open the config file in a text editor
2. Add the Crawleo MCP configuration
3. Save the file
4. Restart Claude Desktop completely (quit and reopen)
5. Start a new conversation and ask Claude to search the web!

Example usage:

"Search for the latest AI news and summarize the top 5 articles"
"Find Python web scraping tutorials and extract code examples"

2. Cursor IDE

Location of config file:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.