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The Simplescraper MCP Server connects AI agents in Caylex to Simplescraper’s powerful web scraping platform, enabling seamless extraction of structured data from any website. Agents can manage scraping recipes — collections of CSS selectors that define what data to pull from a page — as well as execute scrapes on demand and retrieve results. Beyond selector-based scraping, the server also supports AI-powered smart extraction that requires no CSS knowledge, making it accessible for a wide range of data collection tasks. Common use cases include competitor analysis, market research, content monitoring, and real-time data retrieval, all orchestrated automatically through your Caylex agents.
Prerequisites:
  • A Simplescraper account is required; OAuth authentication must be completed to link your account.
  • Some features (such as integrations in Claude) may require a specific Simplescraper plan — verify your plan supports API/MCP access before connecting.
Important API details:
  • Authentication is handled via OAuth — users must complete the Simplescraper OAuth login flow when connecting the server in Caylex.
  • Recipes define the structure of a scrape using CSS selectors; they can be created, updated, and managed entirely through the available tools.
  • The smart_extract tool uses AI to extract data without requiring CSS selectors, offering a simpler alternative to recipe-based scraping.
  • Batch operations are supported for managing and scraping multiple URLs at once via update_batch_urls.

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Server Details

PropertyValue
TransportStreamable HTTP
Server TypeExternal
Endpointhttps://mcp.simplescraper.io/mcp
CategoriesWeb Scraping, Web Scraping & Browser Automation

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Authentication

This server supports the following authentication method:

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Header Authentication

This server authenticates via HTTP headers. During the server onboarding flow, you will be prompted to confirm the required headers. Note that you do not provide the values for the headers during the server on-boarding. Header values are provided by the users during the Auth Link flow.

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Getting Started

1

Add the server

Navigate to the Server Library and click on the New Server button. Find Simplescraper in the Caylex Catalog.
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Server Onboarding flow

Go through the server onboarding flow.
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Use in a project

Add the server to a project by configuring project connections. Its tools are now available to any agents connected to that project.
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Firecrawl

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Bright Data

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Apify

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References

https://simplescraper.io/docs/mcp-server