Crawl4AI MCP
Crawl4AI’s server exposes web crawling capabilities to MCP-compatible clients for collecting readable web content.
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Crawl4AI’s server exposes web crawling capabilities to MCP-compatible clients for collecting readable web content.
Key Features
- Connect an assistant to a self-hosted crawling service.
- Use Crawl4AI’s web-to-Markdown and extraction capabilities in agent workflows.
Use Cases
Extract web content into a form an agent can use for research or data collection.
Limitations
Use the configuration matching the deployed release. Optional model-backed extraction requires its own provider setup.
Sources
- Project documentation: https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/deploy/docker/README.md
- Maintainer repository: https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai
MCP Setup
Prerequisites
- Docker 20.10+ with Docker Compose.
- At least 4 GB RAM available to the container.
Client setup
Claude Code
Transport: sse
claude mcp add --transport sse c4ai-sse http://localhost:11235/mcp/sse
- Deploy the Crawl4AI Docker service using the repository Docker guide before connecting.
The guide also describes a WebSocket integration. Match authentication to the deployed service settings.
Setup docs: https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/deploy/docker/README.md
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