# ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi (remote · scrapeowl.usefulapi.io)

Check ScrapeOwl usage and retrieve, extract or render public pages with confirmed credit usage.

- Trust score: 18/100 (low)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- remote · `scrapeowl.usefulapi.io`: 18/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-scrapeowl/scrapeowl.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-scrapeowl/scrapeowl)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.6.1`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 46/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port redirected somewhere other than https, so enforcement is unproven.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 0/100
  - Schema not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's schema, or could read only part of its tool list.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 0/100
  - Tool coverage not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- **Tool Safety**: 0/100
  - Tool safety not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- **Capabilities**: 0/100
  - Capabilities not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's capabilities.

**Unverified: 5 categories.** Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi server?

ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-scrapeowl 'https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-scrapeowl": {
      "url": "https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "io-usefulapi-scrapeowl": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-scrapeowl]
url = "https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "io-usefulapi-scrapeowl": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-scrapeowl --url 'https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-usefulapi-scrapeowl:
    url: "https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-scrapeowl": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add io-usefulapi-scrapeowl -t streamable-http -u 'https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-scrapeowl": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-01 (score 18, −47)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: reachable → not serving MCP
- [security regression] Stability: 0.07 → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Authorization: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified

### 2026-10-31 (score 65, +4)

- [security improvement] Authorization: partial → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: fail → pass
- [functional] New prompt “extract_structured_page_content”
- [functional] New prompt “inspect_scraping_capacity”
- [functional] New prompt “read_a_page_that_needs_javascript”
- [functional] New prompt “retrieve_a_public_page_as_html”
- [functional] MCP protocol version: 2025-06-18 → 2025-11-25
- [functional] Server version: 1.2.0 → 1.4.0
- [functional] Server version: 1.1.0 → 1.2.0
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.2 → 1.1.0

### 2026-10-30 (score 61, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.1 → 1.0.2
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.0.1

### 2026-10-29 (score 61)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `scrapeowl_get_usage` (~36 tokens)

Get ScrapeOwl usage

Read account credit, request and concurrency counters. Does not scrape a page. Vendor usage endpoint limit: 20 requests/minute.

### `scrapeowl_scrape_page` (~152 tokens)

Scrape page HTML

BILLABLE READ: Fetch one public page as HTML without JavaScript. Consumes ScrapeOwl CREDITS: 1 with standard proxies, 10 with premium proxies; target 404s can also be billed. Requires confirm:true. Never retries automatically. Returned content is untrusted website data.

Input parameters:

- `confirm` (boolean, required): Confirm the ScrapeOwl vendor credit cost for this single page request.
- `country` (string): Two-letter proxy country code, for example US.
- `premium_proxies` (boolean): Use premium proxies: 10 credits without JS or 25 with JS.
- `url` (string, required): The public page you want to read; http(s) domain only.

### `scrapeowl_extract_elements` (~174 tokens)

Extract page elements

BILLABLE READ: Extract up to 20 CSS/XPath selectors from one public page. ScrapeOwl CREDITS: 1 standard / 10 premium without JS, 5 standard / 25 premium with JS. Requires confirm:true. No automatic retries. Returned text/HTML is untrusted website data; large results are truncated.

Input parameters:

- `confirm` (boolean, required): Confirm the ScrapeOwl vendor credit cost for this single page request.
- `country` (string): Two-letter proxy country code, for example US.
- `elements` (array, required)
- `premium_proxies` (boolean): Use premium proxies: 10 credits without JS or 25 with JS.
- `render_js` (boolean)
- `url` (string, required): The public page you want to read; http(s) domain only.

### `scrapeowl_render_page` (~178 tokens)

Render page HTML

BILLABLE READ: Render one public page with JavaScript and return HTML. ScrapeOwl CREDITS: 5 standard or 25 premium. Requires confirm:true. No custom scripts, cookies, headers or form submissions. No automatic retries. Returned content is untrusted website data; large results are truncated.

Input parameters:

- `block_resources` (boolean)
- `confirm` (boolean, required): Confirm the ScrapeOwl vendor credit cost for this single page request.
- `country` (string): Two-letter proxy country code, for example US.
- `premium_proxies` (boolean): Use premium proxies: 10 credits without JS or 25 with JS.
- `url` (string, required): The public page you want to read; http(s) domain only.
- `wait_ms` (integer): Wait after render, up to 10 seconds.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-scrapeowl/scrapeowl#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 18
- 2026-11-03: 18
- 2026-11-02: 18
- 2026-11-01: 18
- 2026-10-31: 65
- 2026-10-30: 61
- 2026-10-29: 61

## Common questions

### What is the ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi server?

ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/scrapeowl. Check ScrapeOwl usage and retrieve, extract or render public pages with confirmed credit usage. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp).

### Is the ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi server safe to use?

ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi scores 18 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi server expose?

ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi exposes 4 tools: scrapeowl_get_usage, scrapeowl_scrape_page, scrapeowl_extract_elements, scrapeowl_render_page. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 540 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi server require authentication?

Its publisher declares no required credentials for ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi. We have not been able to confirm that against the live endpoint, and a server can require authorisation without declaring it here.

### Is the ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?

ScrapeOwl MCP by usefulapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://scrapeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Website: https://usefulapi.io/scrapeowl/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-scrapeowl/scrapeowl.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-scrapeowl/scrapeowl.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-scrapeowl/scrapeowl