Spider Cloud Mcp V2 — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited Spider Cloud Mcp V2 (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
Findings & checks · 0 flagged
Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
The fastest web crawling, scraping, and browser automation server for AI agents. Gives Claude direct access to the web through 22 tools — crawl sites at 100K+ pages/sec, extract structured data with AI, and control remote browsers with built-in anti-bot bypass.
spider_get_credits. AI tools available with an AI subscription.claude mcp add spider -- npx -y spider-cloud-mcpSet your API key:
export SPIDER_API_KEY="your-api-key"Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"spider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "spider-cloud-mcp"],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}Add to .cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"spider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "spider-cloud-mcp"],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"spider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "spider-cloud-mcp"],
"env": {
"SPIDER_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}| Variable | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
SPIDER_API_KEY | Yes | Your Spider API key. Get one at spider.cloud/api-keys |
These work on pay-per-use credits with no subscription required.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
spider_crawl | Crawl a website and extract content from multiple pages. Follows links up to a depth/limit. |
spider_scrape | Scrape a single page. Faster and cheaper than crawling when you need one URL. |
spider_search | Search the web. Optionally fetch full page content from results. |
spider_links | Extract all links from a page without fetching content. |
spider_screenshot | Capture a page screenshot as base64 PNG. |
spider_unblocker | Access bot-protected content with advanced anti-bot bypass. |
spider_transform | Convert HTML to markdown or text without making web requests. |
spider_get_credits | Check your API credit balance. |
Natural language web interaction. Describe what you want in plain English.
Requires an AI subscription.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
spider_ai_crawl | AI-guided crawling — describe what content to find. |
spider_ai_scrape | Extract structured data with plain English — no CSS selectors. |
spider_ai_search | AI-enhanced search with intent understanding. |
spider_ai_browser | Automate browser actions with natural language. |
spider_ai_links | Find and filter links by description. |
Direct browser control via spider-browser. Browsers run in Spider's cloud with smart retry, browser switching, anti-bot protection, proxy rotation, and automatic stealth escalation. Supports CDP and BiDi protocols.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
spider_browser_open | Open a remote browser session. Returns a session_id. |
spider_browser_navigate | Navigate to a URL and wait for load. |
spider_browser_click | Click an element by CSS selector. |
spider_browser_fill | Fill a form field with text. |
spider_browser_screenshot | Take a screenshot of the current page. Returns base64 PNG. |
spider_browser_content | Get page HTML or visible text. |
spider_browser_evaluate | Execute JavaScript in the page context. |
spider_browser_wait_for | Wait for an element, navigation, or network idle. |
spider_browser_close | Close the session and stop billing. |
Browser sessions auto-close after 5 minutes of inactivity. Always call spider_browser_close when done.
"Crawl the React documentation and summarize the hooks API"
Uses spider_crawl to fetch 50+ pages in seconds and return clean markdown ready for context.
spider_crawl: {
url: "https://react.dev/reference/react",
limit: 50,
return_format: "markdown",
filter_output_main_only: true
}"Get all product names and prices from this e-commerce page"
Uses spider_ai_scrape to extract structured JSON with zero CSS selectors.
spider_ai_scrape: {
url: "https://example-store.com/products",
prompt: "Extract every product name, price, and availability status as JSON"
}"Log into the dashboard, go to reports, and screenshot the monthly summary"
Uses spider_browser_* tools to drive a remote browser with full anti-bot protection.
1. spider_browser_open: { browser: "auto" }
2. spider_browser_navigate: { url: "https://app.example.com/login" }
3. spider_browser_fill: { selector: "input[name='email']", value: "[email protected]" }
4. spider_browser_fill: { selector: "input[name='password']", value: "..." }
5. spider_browser_click: { selector: "button[type='submit']" }
6. spider_browser_wait_for: { navigation: true }
7. spider_browser_navigate: { url: "https://app.example.com/reports/monthly" }
8. spider_browser_screenshot: {}
9. spider_browser_close: {}"Search for recent AI startup funding rounds and get the details"
Uses spider_search with time filtering, then spider_scrape for details.
spider_search: {
search: "AI startup Series A funding 2025",
num: 10,
fetch_page_content: true,
return_format: "markdown",
tbs: "qdr:m"
}All tools map directly to the Spider API. Core tools accept the same parameters as their API counterparts:
url, return_format, request, readability, root_selector, proxy_enabled, cache, and many moresearch, num, fetch_page_content, country, language, tbsprompt parameter describing what you want in natural languagesession_id from spider_browser_open for all operationsFull parameter reference: spider.cloud/docs/api
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