ReefAPI MCP

One MCP server for 160+ live web-data APIs — search engines, social media, e-commerce, real estate, jobs, travel, news, finance, and company/domain/people intelligence. The assistant discovers the right engine, then pulls clean JSON from sites that block scrapers (captcha, login, JS, anti-bot).

• 🌐 Homepage: https://reefapi.com
• 📚 Docs: https://reefapi.com/docs
• 🔌 MCP guide: https://reefapi.com/mcp
• 🟢 Status: https://reefapi.com/status

Why one server, not 160 tools

Emitting one tool per API blows past the ~30–50-tool ceiling where agents stop picking the right tool. ReefAPI uses dynamic discovery — 4 generic tools let the assistant find the right engine, then call it:

| Tool | Keyless | What it does | |---|---|---| | search_engines(query) | ✅ | Find the right engine by intent ("company reviews", "is this domain free") | | get_catalog() | ✅ | The full menu of every engine, grouped by category | | get_engine_schema(engine) | ✅ | An engine's actions, params, and return shapes | | get_action_schema(engine, action) | ✅ | Full params for one action | | call_engine(engine, action, params) | 🔑 | Run it → clean { ok, data, meta, error } JSON |

Discovery is keyless; only call_engine needs a key. Failed or blocked calls cost nothing.

Connect (remote — recommended)

Add to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or any client that takes a remote MCP URL:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reefapi": {
      "url": "https://api.reefapi.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_REEFAPI_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (CLI):

claude mcp add --transport http reefapi https://api.reefapi.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_REEFAPI_KEY"

Get a free key (1,000 credits, no card) at https://reefapi.com.

Run it locally (stdio)

pip install -r requirements.txt
export REEFAPI_KEY=ak_live_your_key   # Windows: set REEFAPI_KEY=...
python server.py                      # stdio transport

Then point your client at python /path/to/server.py. The same file also serves the streamable-HTTP transport with MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http (used by the hosted endpoint above).

What you can ask

• "What are people saying about the new iPhone on Reddit?"
• "Get current Zillow listings in Austin under $500k."
• "Is the domain coolstartup.ai available?"
• "Compare Amazon prices for AirPods Pro."
• "Top Hacker News stories right now."
• "What tech stack does stripe.com run on?"

Coverage

Search/SEO · Social Media (Reddit, TikTok, Threads, Bluesky) · E-commerce (Amazon, eBay, AliExpress, Etsy, BestBuy) · Real Estate (Zillow, Redfin) · Jobs · Travel · News · Finance · Media/Film · Reputation/Reviews (Glassdoor, Trustpilot) · Company/Domain/People intelligence · Developer utilities — 160+ engines and growing.

License

MIT — see LICENSE. The APIs are a hosted service with a free tier; see https://reefapi.com.