MCP Server
AI / MCPDefinition
An MCP server is a service that exposes tools and resources through the Model Context Protocol. It registers available functions, handles incoming tool calls from AI clients, and returns structured results.
How It Relates to CrawlForge
CrawlForge is an MCP server that provides 18 web scraping and data extraction tools. When an AI agent connects to CrawlForge, the server advertises its available tools -- fetch_url, extract_content, deep_research, and more -- along with their parameters and expected outputs.
The server handles all the complexity of web scraping (browser rendering, proxy management, rate limiting) while presenting a clean tool interface to the AI client. This separation of concerns lets AI developers focus on their application logic rather than scraping infrastructure.
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Related Terms
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that enables AI models to interact with external tools and data sources through a unified interface. It provides a structured way for LLMs to call functions, access APIs, and retrieve real-time information.
MCP Client
An MCP client is an application or AI model that connects to MCP servers to discover and invoke tools. It sends tool call requests and processes the structured responses returned by the server.
Tool Use
Tool use is the capability of AI models to interact with external tools, APIs, and services to accomplish tasks beyond text generation. It extends model capabilities to include web browsing, code execution, data retrieval, and more.
AI Agent
An AI agent is an autonomous system powered by a large language model that can reason about tasks, make decisions, and take actions by using tools. Agents go beyond simple chatbots by planning and executing multi-step workflows.
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