Web scraping, browser automation, vision, OCR, audio, RAG — 9 MCP tools via Arachne API
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io.github.Samuelfmedeiros/arachne-mcp is an MCP server that web scraping, browser automation, vision, OCR, audio, RAG — 9 MCP tools via Arachne API. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio and sse, requires no API key, and scores 57/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"arachne": {
"env": {
"ARACHNE_API_KEY": "sua_chave_aqui"
},
"args": [
"-m",
"arachne_mcp"
],
"command": "python3"
}
}
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9 MCP tools para web scraping, browser automation, visão computacional, transcrição de áudio e RAG — tudo via API.
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49 MCP tools for web scraping, browser automation, computer vision, audio transcription, RAG, Social Sentiment Research, and Visual Regression Testing (VRT) — the Oito Olhos (Spider's Eight Eyes) — all through the Arachne API.
Backed by Arachne. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex CLI, Hermes, and any MCP client.
| Tool | What it does | Best for |
|---|---|---|
arachne_search | Web search via DuckDuckGo | Research, lead collection |
arachne_scrape | Clean markdown from URLs | Static pages, blogs, docs |
arachne_extract | Extracts ANY format (audio, video, PDF, YouTube) | Swiss-army knife |
arachne_browser_extract | Real browser with Cloudflare/CAPTCHA evasion | Sites that block scrapers |
arachne_browser_run | Browser actions (click, type, login) | Form automation |
arachne_screenshot | Screenshot of a URL (full page or viewport) | Visual evidence |
arachne_record | Records a screencast of a page (.webm) | Interactions, demos |
arachne_torrent_extract | Extracts magnet links from BR torrent sites | Torrent acquisition |
arachne_download | Universal download (URL, repo, PyPI, npm) | Fetch any artifact |
arachne_query | Ask your RAG knowledge base | Chatbot with your data |
| Tool | What it does | Best for |
|---|---|---|
arachne_social_research | Searches what people REALLY say (HN/Reddit/YouTube, last N days) + AI judge via local VLM | Hype vs reality, complaints, market sentiment |
| Tool | What it does | Best for |
|---|---|---|
arachne_vision | Image analysis: OCR, colors, faces, AI description | Text extraction from photos |
arachne_screenshot_vision | Screenshot + full vision pipeline | Visual page inspection |
arachne_pdf_vision | Extracts images from PDF + vision analysis | Scanned PDFs |
arachne_analyze_video | Video metadata: colors, OCR, geometry, VQA, audio | Video understanding |
arachne_transcribe | Audio/video/YouTube transcription with Whisper | Podcast, meeting, video |
| Tool | What it does | Best for |
|---|---|---|
arachne_visual_snapshot | Captures URL → creates baseline (1st time) or compares | Idempotent visual tests |
arachne_visual_diff | Compares with baseline → diff + semantic verdict | Post-deploy verification |
arachne_visual_gates | Deterministic audit: overflow, text collision, JS errors | Key-free, no baseline |
arachne_visual_report | Test suite → HTML side-by-side | Consolidated review |
arachne_visual_approve | Promotes current → new baseline | Accept an expected change |
arachne_visual_list | Lists baselines + status | Monitor what exists |
arachne_visual_video | Video VRT: records screencast + compares (animations) | Hover, carousels, transitions |
arachne_visual_video_report | Video suite → interactive HTML report | Animation regression review |
| Tool | What it does | Best for |
|---|---|---|
arachne_desktop | Desktop control (windows, type, key, click) | OS automation |
arachne_desktop_os | Desktop agentic with VLM "eye" (screenshot + describe) | See before acting |
arachne_observe | Screenshot + numbered clickable bounding boxes | GUI agent navigation |
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
arachne_repo_download | Download GitHub repo as zip (branch/token) |
arachne_repo_fork | Fork a GitHub repo |
arachne_repo_forks | List forks by stars |
arachne_repo_index | Download + index repo into RAG |
arachne_releases | List GitHub releases with assets |