Searchclaw

The complete web data pipeline for AI agents. Search, Extract, Crawl in One API.

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with 15 tools covering web search, scraping, extraction, crawling, and autonomous data gathering via the SearchClaw API.

Installation

npx searchclaw-mcp

Or install globally:

npm install -g searchclaw-mcp

Configuration

Get your API key from searchclaw.dev and add the server to your MCP client config.

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searchclaw": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "searchclaw-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SEARCHCLAW_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add searchclaw -- npx -y searchclaw-mcp

Then set your API key in your environment:

export SEARCHCLAW_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searchclaw": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "searchclaw-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SEARCHCLAW_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searchclaw": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "searchclaw-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SEARCHCLAW_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools (15)

Search

Tool	Description	Credits
search	Web search — organic results	1
search_ai	RAG-ready search with context and sources (primary tool for AI agents)	2
news	Search recent news articles	1
images	Search for images with metadata	1
suggest	Autocomplete / query suggestions	1

Extract & Scrape

Tool	Description	Credits
extract	Extract structured data from a URL using a JSON schema	5
markdown	Convert any URL to clean markdown	2
screenshot	Capture a full-page screenshot of a URL	2

Crawl

Tool	Description	Credits
crawl	Async bulk crawl with optional structured extraction	1/page
job_status	Check status of an async crawl job	0
map	Discover all URLs on a domain (sitemap alternative)	2

Pipeline & Agents

Tool	Description	Credits
pipeline	Search + extract in one call — the killer feature for RAG pipelines	3+
browse	Interactive browser actions (click, type, scroll)	5
agent	Autonomous data gathering from natural language prompts	variable

Utility

Tool	Description	Credits
usage	Check your remaining API credits	0

Why SearchClaw?

Feature	SearchClaw	Firecrawl	Tavily
Web search	✅	❌	✅
AI search (RAG)	✅	❌	✅
Extract with schema	✅	✅	❌
Crawl	✅	✅	❌
Pipeline (search + extract)	✅	❌	❌
Autonomous agent	✅	❌	❌
Browser actions	✅	❌	❌
News & image search	✅	❌	✅
Screenshot	✅	✅	❌
MCP server	✅	✅	✅
Free tier	✅ 500 credits/mo	❌	✅ 1000 credits/mo

Get started at searchclaw.dev.

License

MIT