PyreCrawl
13 MCP tools for AI agents: scrape, extract, crawl, map, search, academic papers (arXiv + Crossref), batch scrape, deep research, monitor page changes, persistent browser session, cache control. 3-tier auto-fallback ladder with free Cloudflare bypass, no API keys. Self-hosted Firecrawl alternative. uvx pyrecrawl serve
Install
uvx pyrecrawl
Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pyrecrawl": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pyrecrawl"
],
"env": {
"PYRECRAWL_CACHE": "<PYRECRAWL_CACHE>",
"PYRECRAWL_CACHE_TTL": "<PYRECRAWL_CACHE_TTL>",
"PYRECRAWL_MONITOR_DIR": "<PYRECRAWL_MONITOR_DIR>"
}
}
}
}Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
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