Documentation MCP - lobstr.io

This server answers “how does lobstr.io work?” — it exposes the API documentation to AI assistants for semantic search and reading. It is read-only and unauthenticated; it cannot touch your account.

Looking to run scrapers from Claude or ChatGPT — discover a scraper, configure it, run it, and pull results in the conversation? That’s the operational MCP Server, which connects to your account over OAuth. This page is only the documentation assistant.

Endpoint: https://docs.lobstr.io/mcp

2 Tools

Semantic search and full filesystem access to every docs page.

No Auth

Public endpoint — no API key needed to query the docs.

SSE Transport

HTTP + Server-Sent Events transport, compatible with all MCP clients.

Setup

claude mcp add lobstrio-docs \
  --transport http \
  https://docs.lobstr.io/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lobstrio-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://docs.lobstr.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lobstrio-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://docs.lobstr.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST https://docs.lobstr.io/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "search_lobstr_io",
      "arguments": { "query": "create squid" }
    },
    "id": 1
  }'

Tools

Tool	Description
`search_lobstr_io`	Semantic search across all documentation — titles, descriptions, guides, and API references.
`query_docs_filesystem_lobstr_io`	Read-only shell-like access to every docs page as `.mdx` files. Supports `cat`, `head`, `rg`, `tree`, `ls`, and more.

Example Prompts

Once connected, ask your AI assistant:

“How do I create a squid and start scraping Google Maps?”
“Show me the Python code for adding tasks to a scraper”
“What parameters does the LinkedIn Profile Scraper accept?”
“List all delivery configuration options (email, S3, webhook)”
“How do I handle rate limiting in the lobstr.io API?”

JSON-RPC Methods

Method	Description
`initialize`	Handshake — returns server info and capabilities
`tools/list`	List all available tools with input schemas
`tools/call`	Execute a tool with arguments

2 Tools

No Auth

SSE Transport

​Setup

​Tools

​Example Prompts

​JSON-RPC Methods

Setup

Tools

Example Prompts

JSON-RPC Methods