ZenRows MCP: live web data for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor

How to add ZenRows to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

1. 1Click Connect ZenRows free and sign in with your ZenRows account.
2. 2All tools are on at first. Keep the fetch and extract tools your work needs and switch off the rest, such as the Walmart or real estate scrapers if nobody uses them.
3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
4. 4Ask your AI app to pull the plain text of a competitor's changelog through ZenRows, then check Activity to see the call.

Scraping jobs for your AI app

• Fetch a page as raw HTML, clean plain text or auto-parsed structured data.
• Scrape only the elements you need with CSS selectors.
• Capture a screenshot or a PDF of a page.
• Keep the same IP across requests for up to 10 minutes with a session.
• Check your usage and concurrency limits before a big batch.

Know what your AI app scraped

• Switch off any ZenRows tool you don't use; it's hidden from your AI app and refused if called.
• Policies check every call, so a secret in a request can be blocked before it reaches ZenRows.
• Activity keeps a record of every page your team's AI apps fetched through ZenRows.

What you get with ZenRows and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use ZenRowsClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach ZenRows through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any ZenRows tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
• Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

ZenRows tools

Examples of what your AI apps can do in ZenRows. You'll see the exact list of tools after you connect it.

• Get ZenRows API Usage StatisticsThis tool retrieves the current api usage statistics and limits for your zenrows account. it is an independent action that requires no additional parameters besides authentication. it is useful for mo
• Get Concurrency StatusThis tool retrieves the current concurrency status of your zenrows api usage. it reports the maximum number of concurrent requests allowed by your plan and the number of available concurrent request s
• Get Detailed Concurrency StatusThis tool provides detailed information about the current concurrency status and limits of your zenrows account by making a request to the api and analyzing the response headers. it is essential for m
• Get Original Status CodeThis tool retrieves the original http status code returned by the target website, which is useful for debugging purposes. it returns the original status code in the response headers under 'x-zenrows-o
• Get PDF from URLThis tool generates a pdf version of the scraped content from a given url. it requires javascript rendering to be enabled and sets the response type to pdf, making it ideal for archiving web pages, cr
• Get Plaintext ResponseThis tool extracts plain text content from a webpage using the zenrows api. by using the response type=plaintext parameter, it strips html tags and formats the content into clean, plain text. it's use
• Get Response with CompressionA tool to fetch content from a url using the zenrows api with compression enabled to optimize bandwidth usage and improve performance. it supports gzip, deflate, and br compression encodings, handles
• Get response headersA tool to retrieve and parse response headers from zenrows api requests. it provides critical metadata such as concurrency limits, available request slots, request cost, unique request id, and final u
• Get Session IDThis tool implements zenrows' session management functionality to maintain the same ip address across multiple requests for up to 10 minutes. it supports parameters like url, session id, and premium p
• Get Walmart Product DetailsThis tool allows users to extract detailed product information from walmart using zenrows' specialized e-commerce scraping api. it provides structured data for walmart products including product detai
• Scrape url autoparseThe zenrows scrape url autoparse tool automatically parses and extracts structured data from any given url using intelligent parsing capabilities. it eliminates the need for manual css selectors by au
• Scrape URL HTMLThis tool extracts raw html data from a given url using zenrows' universal scraper api. it focuses on retrieving the pure html content of the webpage without automatic parsing or data extraction. it s
• Scrape URL with CSS SelectorsThis tool allows users to scrape specific elements from a webpage using css selectors. it is particularly useful for targeted data extraction rather than retrieving the entire page content. the endpoi
• Screenshot URLA tool to capture screenshots of web pages using zenrows api. this tool allows you to take screenshots of entire web pages or specific elements, with customizable options for format and quality.
• Get Real Estate Property DataA specialized tool for extracting structured data from real estate platforms like zillow and idealista. it leverages zenrows' real estate api to fetch comprehensive property information, including pro
• Scrape urlScrape and extract data from a specified url. this action allows you to collect and process web data effortlessly using the zenrows api.