Setup

Outcrawl runs the MCP server for you at https://api.outcrawl.ai/mcp. There is no local package to install. Most clients connect with one command and sign in over OAuth on first use, no key to copy.

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claude mcp add --transport http outcrawl https://api.outcrawl.ai/mcp

The first tool call opens a browser to sign in and pick a workspace. Nothing else to configure.

One click: Add to Cursor. It opens Cursor with the server filled in; the first tool call signs you in.Or add it manually in Cursor’s MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "outcrawl": {
      "url": "https://api.outcrawl.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

codex mcp add outcrawl --url https://api.outcrawl.ai/mcp
codex mcp login outcrawl

Or add the block directly to config.toml:

[mcp_servers.outcrawl]
url = "https://api.outcrawl.ai/mcp"

Any client that speaks streamable HTTP and the MCP authorization spec needs nothing more than the URL:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "outcrawl": {
      "url": "https://api.outcrawl.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

For a client with no OAuth support at all, fall back to an API key in a header instead:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "outcrawl": {
      "url": "https://api.outcrawl.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ock_YOUR_KEY_ID.YOUR_SECRET" }
    }
  }
}

Generate a key from the console at https://outcrawl.ai/console/keys. This is the one place an API key belongs in an MCP config; every client above signs in instead.

MCP clients sign in with the browser flow OAuth 2.1 describes for public clients: an authorization code with PKCE and no client secret, and an access token scoped to the workspace you pick on the consent page. (The CLI’s outcrawl login reaches the same account through the device flow instead, because a terminal has no browser redirect to catch.) A client that has never connected before registers itself automatically; there is nothing to create by hand. Removing a member from a workspace cuts off every token their sign-in produced, immediately.

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Shared with the REST API: every request against your plan’s requestsPerMinute ceiling, the MCP server included. See plans for the figure per tier.

MCP Server

Examples

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