Is Apify MCP safe to give an agent?

write capableverifiedwrite capablehealthy

A factual risk summary built from Apify’s real tool surface, execution model, and verification history — not a vibe. Trust score 81/100.

01What it can do

Has tools that can create or modify data.

10 tools observedwrite present

02Execution model

Runs on the vendor's infrastructure; you connect over the network. No untrusted code runs on your machine, but you grant the hosted service access.

Installs via npx (`npx -y @apify/actors-mcp-server`) — it pulls and executes third-party code; pin versions and review the source.

03Permissions & auth

Vector & semantic search · writeProcess payments · writeScrape a website · writeMaps & location · write

The write/destructive access this server can exercise, inferred from its verified tools.

04Verification

handshakepassed — tool surface is real

runstools_list:passed · handshake:passed · metadata:passed · tools_list:passed · handshake:passed · metadata:passed · tools_list:passed · handshake:passed · metadata:passed · tools_list:passed

last_checked2026-08-16 19:20Z

sourcesAwesome MCP Servers (wong2) [p6]

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