How to connect Apify to Claude Code

1. 1. Enable Apify in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the Apify MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.

2. 2. Add the server over HTTP

   Add --scope user to use it in every project.

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   claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>

3. 3. Sign in

   Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Apify tools.

• Run Actor: Start an Apify Actor run.
• Manage Task: Create, get, update, delete, list, or run Apify Actor Tasks.
• Manage Actor: Get, create, update, or delete an Apify Actor owned by the authenticated account.
• List Runs: List Apify Actor runs either account-wide or for a specific Actor.
• Abort Run: Abort a running Apify Actor execution.
• Manage Webhook: Create, get, update, test, delete, or list Apify webhooks for Actor run and build events.
• Get Dataset Items: Retrieve or export items from an Apify dataset.
• Manage Schedule: Create, get, update, delete, or list Apify schedules that run Actors or Actor Tasks on a cron expression.
• Manage Key-Value Store: Manage Apify key-value stores and records.
• Get Run: Retrieve an Apify Actor run by ID, optionally including JSON dataset items or the run log as a Slate attachment.
• Push Dataset Items: Append JSON objects to an Apify dataset.
• Build Actor: Start an Apify Actor build, retrieve build details, or list builds for an Actor.
• List Actors: List Actors owned by the authenticated Apify account.
• Manage Request Queue: Manage Apify request queues and queued crawler requests.
• Search Store Actors: Search public Apify Store Actors.
• And 4 more on the Apify MCP server page.

• Apify tools appear as mcp__metorial__<tool>. Use that name in permission rules to allow or deny a tool.
• Run /mcp to see whether Metorial is connected and to sign in again.
• Claude Code warns when a tool result passes 10,000 tokens and caps it at 25,000 by default. Raise the cap with MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS.
• Pre-approve trusted Apify tools with allow rules in your settings so Claude Code stops asking each time.

claude mcp list shows "Needs authentication"

Run /mcp, select Metorial, and sign in. If sign-in keeps failing, choose Clear authentication in the same menu and sign in again.

A teammate sees "Pending approval"

Servers shared through a project .mcp.json need approval. Run claude in the project and approve Metorial when asked.

Large tool results are cut off

Claude Code limits MCP tool output to 25,000 tokens by default. Raise it with the MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS environment variable.

Based on the Claude Code MCP documentation.