What tools are on the hosted MCP at mcp.piloterr.com?

Website Crawler and Website Rendering, general-purpose fetch and headless render for any URL. It does not expose the full 400+ endpoint library. For library APIs, run a custom MCP server that calls the REST endpoints you need.

Why doesn't https://mcp.piloterr.com/ open in my browser?

It is an MCP server over Streamable HTTP, not a web page. MCP clients send GET with Accept: text/event-stream (and other protocol headers) to complete the handshake. Use Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or ChatGPT Developer mode, not a normal browser tab.

How do I authenticate the hosted server?

Create an API key in the Piloterr dashboard and pass it as the x-api-key header on every request. Cursor: add it under headers in MCP settings or .mcp.json. Claude Code: --header "x-api-key: …" with claude mcp add.

How do I expose library endpoints like LinkedIn or Amazon?

Build a custom MCP server (Python FastMCP, Node, etc.) that wraps Piloterr REST calls as @tool functions. You control which endpoints are available to the agent.

How do I check the hosted server is up?

Open https://mcp.piloterr.com/health in a browser, unlike the MCP endpoint, the health route is a plain HTTP check you can hit directly.

MCP & IDE agents

Call Piloterr from Cursor, Claude Code, and MCP clients

Two ways to connect: our hosted MCP at mcp.piloterr.com (Streamable HTTP) for Website Crawler and Rendering, or your own MCP server wrapping any REST endpoint from the Piloterr library.

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Hosted MCP at https://mcp.piloterr.com/, crawler and rendering, no local process
Streamable HTTP, connect from Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or ChatGPT Developer mode
Custom MCP server, expose LinkedIn, Amazon, Google News, or any library API
Same x-api-key header and credit pool for hosted and custom setups

At a glance

Hosted

mcp.piloterr.com

core scrape tools

HTTP

Streamable MCP

Custom

any library API

Why connect MCP

Hosted MCP | Streamable HTTP
https://mcp.piloterr.com/ speaks MCP over Streamable HTTP. Add it as a remote HTTP server in your client with x-api-key, no local install. Website Crawler and Website Rendering are available as tools.
Not a web page
Opening the URL in a browser tab will not work: only MCP clients send the required Accept headers to complete the handshake. Use Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or ChatGPT Developer mode.
Custom MCP | full library
Run a local MCP server (stdio) that calls any Piloterr REST endpoint, one @tool per API, or grouped tools your team reuses.
Production-grade bypass
Both paths call Piloterr server-side, WAF, CAPTCHA, and JS rendering handled before JSON reaches the model.

Hosted vs custom MCP

What each path covers and when to use it.

Hosted: Website Crawler
Fetch static HTML and JSON from URLs with advanced fingerprinting, ideal for quick page checks and link discovery from your editor.
Hosted: Website Rendering
Headless Chrome renders JavaScript-heavy pages and returns clean content, use when crawler mode returns empty HTML.
Custom: Library endpoints
Wrap /library APIs (LinkedIn, Amazon, Google News, etc.) as MCP tools, you choose which endpoints to expose.
Client compatibility
Hosted: Cursor (Settings → MCP, HTTP streamable), Claude Code (claude mcp add --transport http), Gemini CLI (mcpServers httpUrl), ChatGPT Developer mode (remote MCP connector).

Why MCP + Piloterr beats raw fetch in agents

Approach	DIY	Piloterr
Browser fetch tool	Blocked on protected sites	Managed anti-bot bypass
Copy-paste cURL	Manual, not composable	Typed MCP tools
HTML in context	Token-heavy, noisy	Compact JSON fields
Ops overhead	Proxies, headless Chrome	Hosted or single API key

Connect MCP in four steps

Step 1
Create an API key
Sign up for Piloterr, open the dashboard, and create an API key. Send it as the x-api-key header on every MCP request.
Create an API key
Step 2
Choose hosted or custom
Hosted: https://mcp.piloterr.com/, Website Crawler + Rendering only. Custom: a local server (stdio) for any library endpoint.
Step 3
Configure your MCP client
Hosted, add an HTTP (streamable) server pointing to https://mcp.piloterr.com/ with x-api-key in headers (Cursor .mcp.json, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or ChatGPT Developer mode). Custom, run FastMCP locally and reference the command in mcp.json.
Step 4
Verify and test
Check server status at https://mcp.piloterr.com/health, then ask your agent to crawl a URL (hosted) or call a library tool (custom).

Workflow recipes

Hosted: crawl from Cursor
Agent calls mcp.piloterr.com to fetch and render a competitor page while you write integration code.
Custom: library toolbox
Local MCP server with your team's top library endpoints, LinkedIn, company enrich, SERP.
Claude Code + hosted MCP
claude mcp add --transport http piloterr https://mcp.piloterr.com/ --header "x-api-key: …" for crawler tools in the terminal.
Hosted + custom together
Remote crawler for ad-hoc URLs and a local server for structured library data in the same workspace.

Hosted vs custom MCP

Scenario
Crawl or render any URL from the IDE
Recommendation: Hosted MCP (Streamable HTTP)
Scenario
LinkedIn, Amazon, or a specific library API
Recommendation: Custom MCP server (stdio)
Scenario
Scheduled production pipelines
Recommendation: n8n or SDK
Scenario
No-code SaaS triggers
Recommendation: Zapier or Make

Hosted config and custom server

Remote Streamable HTTP server at mcp.piloterr.com, or a local stdio server for library APIs.

Browse API library

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "piloterr": {
      "url": "https://mcp.piloterr.com/",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "your-x-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Hosted MCP, mcp.piloterr.com Server health check Website Crawler API Website Rendering API Model Context Protocol Cursor MCP docs

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Premium

$49/mo

18,000 credits

Premium+

$99/mo

40,000 credits

Startup

$249/mo

110,000 credits

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Call Piloterr from Cursor, Claude Code, and MCP clients

Why connect MCP

Hosted MCP | Streamable HTTP

Not a web page

Custom MCP | full library

Production-grade bypass

Hosted vs custom MCP

Hosted: Website Crawler

Hosted: Website Rendering

Custom: Library endpoints

Client compatibility

Why MCP + Piloterr beats raw fetch in agents

Connect MCP in four steps

Create an API key

Choose hosted or custom

Configure your MCP client

Verify and test

Workflow recipes

Hosted: crawl from Cursor

Custom: library toolbox

Claude Code + hosted MCP

Hosted + custom together

Hosted vs custom MCP

Crawl or render any URL from the IDE

LinkedIn, Amazon, or a specific library API

Scheduled production pipelines

No-code SaaS triggers

Hosted config and custom server

See also

Transparent credit pricing

What tools are on the hosted MCP at mcp.piloterr.com?

Why doesn't https://mcp.piloterr.com/ open in my browser?

How do I authenticate the hosted server?

How do I expose library endpoints like LinkedIn or Amazon?

How do I check the hosted server is up?

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