# Apify
ID: 01-apify
Page: https://gtmmcps.com/tools/01-apify
JSON: https://gtmmcps.com/data/tools/01-apify.json
Documentation references: https://gtmmcps.com/docs/01-apify/
Category: Data & Enrichment
MCP support: official
Testing: RESEARCHED
API access: free
Last checked: 2026-09-07
Endpoint check: not-probed; date: Not recorded

A cloud platform for running "Actors" (hosted scrapers and automation programs, thousands of them in a public store) that extract web data such as LinkedIn posts, Google Maps listings, company sites and social feeds into datasets, with an API, scheduling and storage.

## MCP links
- https://mcp.apify.com
- https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp

## Sources
- https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp
- https://apify.com/pricing
- https://mcp.apify.com
- https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server

## Research notes
Verified 2026-09-07: POST of an MCP initialize to https://mcp.apify.com returned HTTP 401 with JSON reading "Missing or invalid access token. Pass an Apify API token in the Authorization: Bearer <token> header"; the control POST to /zzz-not-a-route returned 404 with a body that begins "There is nothing at route POST /zzz-not-a-route. This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server supports the Streamable HTTP transport", which is the server identifying itself on its own 404 page. Live first-party auth-gated server. STANDING CATEGORY RISK: many store Actors scrape LinkedIn and other sites whose terms prohibit automation; the account-ban and legal exposure sits with the operator, not the platform. The pricing page states free-plan usage credits "expire at the end of the billing cycle". 2026-09-07: https://mcp.apify.com returned 401 to an MCP initialize POST (https://mcp.apify.com). 2026-09-09 (P6-04 repo sweep): first-party server source recorded at https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server, 6,493 stars, not archived, last push 2026-09-09. Evidence that it is Apify's own: the official MCP registry entry com.apify/apify-mcp-server (a DNS-verified apify.com namespace) carries that repository URL, the npm package @apify/actors-mcp-server declares the same repository, and the repo owner is the org apify whose profile site is apify.com.

## Named capabilities
Tool names below are reported by sources. Their presence is not a successful call.
- abort-actor-run: runs; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- build-actor: builds; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- call-actor: actors; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- create-actor-task: tasks; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- create-schedule: schedules; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- delete-schedule: schedules; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- fetch-actor-details: actors; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- fetch-apify-docs: docs; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-actor-build: builds; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-actor-build-log: builds; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-actor-run: runs; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-actor-run-list: runs; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-actor-run-log: runs; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-actor-task: tasks; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-dataset: storage; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-dataset-items: storage; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-dataset-list: storage; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-dataset-schema: storage; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-key-value-store: storage; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-key-value-store-keys: storage; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-key-value-store-list: storage; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-key-value-store-record: storage; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- get-schedule: schedules; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- publish-actor-task: tasks; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- report-problem: dev; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- search-actors: actors; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- search-apify-docs: docs; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- unpublish-actor-task: tasks; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- update-actor-task: tasks; evidence: readme; party: first-party
- update-schedule: schedules; evidence: readme; party: first-party

## CLI evidence
Status: official
- Reported install command: brew install apify-cli; source: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/apify-cli

Read current vendor documentation before configuring or running commands.