pline.ai MCP server
Scrape, crawl, batch-scrape, map, and search the web through the hosted pline.ai API.
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Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-12 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan3 source files scanned25/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
- Maintenancelast push 0 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year9/10
Install pline.ai in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
Runs npx -y pline-api on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.
claude mcp add pline-api -- npx -y pline-api
What the publisher says
From the pline.ai repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
pline.ai API — Agent skill and MCP
Use the hosted pline.ai API from an agent skill or an MCP client. Both integrations use your own API key and call the same hosted scraping API. The scraping backend is not part of this repository.
Fastest setup: run npx -y pline-api@latest init and enter your API key. It configures every supported MCP client on your machine and installs the skill; see Quick install.
For remote agents, the MCP server also supports Streamable HTTP with Pline OAuth. Users sign in, choose a workspace API key, and connect at the hosted /mcp URL; see mcp-server/docs/oauth-hosting.md for setup.
Quick install
One command: init
Needs Node.js 18+. Run it in a terminal:
npx -y pline-api@latest initinit finds the MCP clients on your machine, shows what it will change, asks you to confirm, and asks for your pline.ai API key (input hidden; or set PLINEAPIKEY first). Then it:
It also installs the agent skill for those agents with skills.sh. Existing config files are merged, never replaced: other servers stay, a *.pline-backup- copy is written first, and files that are not plain JSON (for example with comments) are left alone and reported. Restart your clients afterwards.
npx -y pline-api@latest init --agent cursor --agent claude-code # only these clients
npx -y pline-api@latest init --dry-run # preview, change nothing
PLINE_API_KEY=your-key npx -y pline-api@latest init --yes # non-interactive (scripts, CI)Run init again at any time to change the key or add a newly installed client; it updates the existing pline entries in place. To remove pline.ai, delete the pline.ai / pline-ai / pline-api entry from each client (claude mcp remove pline-ai --scope user, codex mcp remove pline-api) and run npx skills remove pline-api -g.
npx -y pline-api on its own is the MCP server, not the installer: run by hand it only waits for an MCP client. Use init to set things up.
Install separately
To set up the two integrations by hand instead, use either or both of the following.
Agent skill (instructions plus a Python CLI the agent runs):
npx skills add grepsr/pline-apiShortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
pline.ai: common questions
- Is pline.ai MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (85/100). Read the pline.ai safety report
- How do I install pline.ai?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does pline.ai need an API key?
- Yes. The registry entry asks for
PLINE_API_KEY. - Is pline.ai maintained?
- The last commit was in the last day (2026-10-12). The latest release is v0.3.5.
- What can I use instead of pline.ai?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: fastCRW MCP server, CRW Web Scraper MCP server and Crawlberg MCP server. Compare all pline.ai alternatives.
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