{"slug":"oxylabs","name":"Oxylabs MCP","provider_slug":"oxylabs","publisher":"official","publisher_name":"Oxylabs","kind":"provider-integration","description":"Connect an agent to Oxylabs scraping and AI Studio tools, with separate credentials for each product.","tasks":["Retrieve a web page with the Web Scraper API.","Collect parsed search results.","Use AI Studio browser tasks with an AI Studio key."],"limitations":["The official repository was archived on 2026-09-16. Its documented hosted endpoint has not been connection-tested by WPS; ongoing maintenance is unconfirmed.","This setup enables Web Scraper API requests. AI Studio tools require an additional X-Oxylabs-AI-Studio-Api-Key header.","Hosted tools may be listed without their required credentials; those calls fail until the correct product credentials are supplied.","The reviewed tool documentation does not establish proxy purchasing or proxy account management."],"capabilities":["web-search","scraping-extraction","browser-automation"],"connections":[{"id":"hosted","label":"Hosted MCP — Web Scraper API credentials","transport":"streamable-http","hosting":"hosted","endpoint":"https://mcp.oxylabs.io/mcp","package":null,"auth":"X-Oxylabs-Username and X-Oxylabs-Password request headers.","prerequisites":["Oxylabs Web Scraper API username and password.","A remote MCP client accepting custom headers."],"config_label":"Cursor mcp.json (JSON)","config":"{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"oxylabs\": {\n      \"url\": \"https://mcp.oxylabs.io/mcp\",\n      \"headers\": {\n        \"X-Oxylabs-Username\": \"YOUR_USERNAME\",\n        \"X-Oxylabs-Password\": \"YOUR_PASSWORD\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}","source_ids":["repository","cursor"]}],"tools":[{"name":"universal_scraper","description":"Retrieve page content with optional rendering.","task":"Read a JavaScript-rendered public page.","source_ids":["repository"]},{"name":"google_search_scraper","description":"Retrieve Google results.","task":"Find source pages for research.","source_ids":["repository"]},{"name":"ai_browser_agent","description":"Run a prompted browser task with AI Studio credentials.","task":"Navigate and interact with a page.","source_ids":["repository"]}],"commercial":{"account_required":true,"product":"Oxylabs Web Scraper API for the included setup; AI Studio requires its own key.","billing":"Web Scraper API plans bill by successful results, with target and rendering affecting consumption. AI Studio has separate product usage terms.","pricing_url":"https://developers.oxylabs.io/help-center/billing-and-payments/how-does-web-scraper-api-pricing-work"},"sources":[{"id":"repository","label":"Oxylabs official MCP repository (archived)","url":"https://github.com/oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp","claims":["Publisher, archive notice, hosted headers, product-specific tools and MIT license"],"checked_at":"2026-09-27"},{"id":"billing","label":"Oxylabs billing explanation","url":"https://developers.oxylabs.io/help-center/billing-and-payments/how-does-web-scraper-api-pricing-work","claims":["Web Scraper API result-based billing"],"checked_at":"2026-09-27"},{"id":"cursor","label":"Cursor MCP configuration reference","url":"https://cursor.com/docs/mcp","claims":["Client JSON format and remote header support"],"checked_at":"2026-09-27"}],"checked_at":"2026-09-27","updated_at":"2026-09-27","review_due_at":"2026-10-27","verification":"docs-confirmed","test":null,"status":"published","withdrawal_reason":null,"repository_url":"https://github.com/oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp","license":"MIT","editorial":{"seo_title":"Oxylabs MCP: Credentials, Hosted Setup and Tool Access","seo_description":"Match Oxylabs MCP tools to Web Scraper API or AI Studio credentials. Review hosted setup, authentication failures and the archived repository limitation.","intro":"Oxylabs MCP documents tools for Web Scraper API and AI Studio. Those product families use different credentials. The repository was archived on September 16, 2026; this page records documented setup without claiming ongoing support or a successful live connection.","selection":{"best_for":["Existing Oxylabs customers matching a documented tool to a product they can access.","Search and page extraction using Web Scraper API credentials."],"not_for":["A project that requires confirmed ongoing maintenance of this archived repository.","Assuming a listed AI Studio tool works with only Web Scraper API credentials."],"source_ids":["repository"]},"recommended_connection":{"connection_id":"hosted","reason":"For an existing Web Scraper API account, the hosted profile documents the username and password headers. Add an AI Studio key only if using that product. Confirm availability before depending on the archived integration.","source_ids":["repository"]},"workflow":{"title":"Match the task to the product before calling a tool","steps":[{"title":"Discover relevant sources","body":"Use google_search_scraper for a bounded search. Pick source URLs that answer the research question rather than treating a result listing as the full source.","tool_names":["google_search_scraper"],"source_ids":["repository"]},{"title":"Retrieve and inspect page content","body":"Use universal_scraper for selected URLs and the required output format. Review whether rendering is needed, because target and rendering choices can affect Web Scraper API consumption.","tool_names":["universal_scraper"],"source_ids":["repository","billing"]},{"title":"Use AI Studio only for a matching task","body":"If the task needs the documented browser agent, supply the separate AI Studio credential before calling ai_browser_agent. Keep the requested interaction bounded and inspect its result.","tool_names":["ai_browser_agent"],"source_ids":["repository"]}]},"troubleshooting":[{"symptom":"A listed tool reports missing credentials.","resolution":"Match the tool to its product family. Hosted HTTP can advertise tools before the required product credentials are supplied.","source_ids":["repository"]},{"symptom":"Scraping works but the browser agent fails authorization.","resolution":"Check X-Oxylabs-AI-Studio-Api-Key. A Web Scraper username and password do not provide AI Studio authentication.","source_ids":["repository"]},{"symptom":"The client cannot submit the hosted authentication headers.","resolution":"Use a client configuration that supports custom headers. An OAuth-only connection form cannot express this documented header setup.","source_ids":["repository","cursor"]}],"faqs":[{"question":"Why does the local tool list differ from the hosted list?","answer":"Local stdio registers product families based on supplied environment variables. Hosted HTTP can list tools even when matching credentials are absent. Tool discovery alone does not prove authorization.","source_ids":["repository"]},{"question":"Does the repository archive prove the hosted endpoint is offline?","answer":"No. It establishes the repository status, not the endpoint response. WPS has checked documentation but has not tested a live authenticated connection or confirmed continued service support.","source_ids":["repository"]},{"question":"Which credentials do Oxylabs MCP tools need?","answer":"Web Scraper API uses its username and password; AI Studio uses its own API key. Configure the credential family for the tools you intend to call.","source_ids":["repository"]}]},"url":"https://workingproxysites.info/mcp/oxylabs","provider_url":"https://workingproxysites.info/t/2-oxylabs-proxies","review_due":false,"version":null}