About Clearcrawl
Clearcrawl is an MCP server for agents that extracts clean content from public URLs and converts supported documents into text and tables. It returns Markdown or structured JSON for web pages and handles PDF, spreadsheet, CSV, and DOCX inputs, including local files in local mode.
Key features
- 01Extract clean Markdown or structured JSON
- 02Convert PDF, XLSX, XLS, CSV, and DOCX
- 03Return page text, sheet rows, and tables
- 04Connect remotely or through local stdio
Use cases
- 01Extract article content without page clutter
- 02Turn PDF pages into searchable text
- 03Convert spreadsheets into rows and tables
- 04Read a local document through local mode
MCP support
Provides `read_url` and `convert_file` tools over a remote Streamable HTTP endpoint or local stdio. Local mode also supports converting files from disk.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http clearcrawl-clearcrawl https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcp{"mcpServers":{"clearcrawl-clearcrawl":{"type":"http","url":"https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"clearcrawl-clearcrawl":{"type":"http","url":"https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"clearcrawl-clearcrawl":{"type":"http","url":"https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"clearcrawl-clearcrawl":{"serverUrl":"https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcpAuth requiredTools
Details
From the project READMEClearcrawl MCP
An MCP server for Clearcrawl, a pay-per-call API built for AI agents:
read_url: turns any public URL into clean markdown or structured JSON (title, author, date, text, links, tables). Ads, menus and footers are stripped. PDF URLs are converted automatically.convert_file: turns a PDF, XLSX/XLS/CSV or DOCX (by URL or local path) into text and tables (per-page text, sheet rows and records, markdown tables).
Free tier: 100 calls a day with no signup. Paid: 1 credit = $0.001; read_url costs 2 credits and convert_file costs 3 per page. Credit packs start at $5 for 5,000 credits.
Option 1: remote (no install)
Streamable HTTP endpoint: https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcp
{ "mcpServers": { "clearcrawl": { "url": "https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcp" } } }
Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http clearcrawl https://agentreader.onrender.com/clearcrawl/mcp
For paid credits, add the header Authorization: Bearer <your key>.
Option 2: local stdio
{ "mcpServers": { "clearcrawl": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "github:clearcrawl/clearcrawl-mcp"], "env": { "CLEARCRAWL_API_KEY": "" } } } }
The local mode can also convert files from your disk (convert_file with path).
Getting an API key
POST https://agentreader.onrender.com/v1/credits/checkout {"pack":"ar_pack_5"} returns a Stripe Checkout URL. Once you pay, the success page shows your key. Full docs: https://agentreader.onrender.com/llms.txt
Notes
- Clearcrawl runs on a free host, so the first call after it has been idle can take about a minute.
- Limits: public http(s) URLs only, 15 MB max, no JavaScript rendering or OCR yet.
MIT licensed (this client). The Clearcrawl API itself is a hosted service.
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Pairs well with LinkPreflight, our sister brand: preflight a URL with LinkPreflight, then extract it with Clearcrawl.
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