webscraping-ai / setup / claude-desktop
Setup guide

Set up WebScraping.AI in Claude Desktop

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Interact with [WebScraping.AI](https://WebScraping.AI) for web data extraction and scraping.


01Configuration
{ "mcpServers": { "webscraping-ai": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "webscraping-ai-mcp" ] } } }

Add this to claude_desktop_config.json. Generated from the captured install method (npx); the mcpServers shape is shared across Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and VS Code.


02Steps
  1. Make sure Claude Desktop is installed and up to date.
  2. Open claude_desktop_config.json and add the block above (merge into any existing mcpServers).
  3. Provide any required API keys/credentials as environment variables.
  4. Restart Claude Desktop and confirm WebScraping.AI’s tools appear.

03Other runtimes

04Provenance
config_sourcegenerated from captured install method
last_checked2026-08-16 22:30Z
sourcesAwesome MCP Servers (wong2) [p6]

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