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Apify × VS Code

Use the Apify MCP server
in VS Code

Thousands of ready-made scrapers and automation actors, callable from your AI: websites, social platforms, maps, and more. This guide connects Apify to VS Code (GitHub Copilot's agent mode) through a governed gateway — one URL that also works in every other MCP client you use, with your rules and a full log attached.

Connect Apify free

Live-probed · Security-scanned · Connects with your API key

Setup: Apify in VS Code

VS Code adds MCP servers via MCP server configuration. The gateway route takes about two minutes:

  1. Connect Apify to your free gate gateway from the verified directory.
  2. On your gate overview, click 'Add to VS Code' — VS Code prompts to add the gateway as an HTTP MCP server.
  3. Confirm and approve the sign-in.
  4. Copilot's agent mode can now use Apify — logged and governed through your gateway.

What to ask once it’s connected

“Scrape the latest posts from this Instagram profile.”
“Extract all Google Maps listings for cafes in Berlin Mitte.”
“Run a website crawler on this domain and list every page.”
“Pull the top posts from this subreddit for the last week.”

Why route it through a gateway

One URL, every client

The same Apify connection works in Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor too — no per-client re-wiring.

Rules before regret

Allow, ask, or block every tool Apify exposes — reads can flow freely while writes require your approval.

Every call logged

A plain-language activity log of everything VS Code did with Apify — searchable, exportable, auditable.

Scanned and probed

Apify passed a live handshake probe and a security scan before listing — and drift detection watches it after you connect.

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Also available: Apify in Claude · Apify in Claude Code · Apify in ChatGPT · Apify in Cursor