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pline.ai

by grepsrversion 0.3.12i★ –iRuns on your computer
Registry nameio.github.grepsr/pline-api

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Scrape, crawl, batch-scrape, map, and search the web through the hosted pline.ai API.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

  • Connection: Runs on your computer
  • Transport: stdio
  • Category: Web & browsers
  • You need to fill in: PLINE_API_KEY

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

  • Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
  • Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
  • You fill in yourself: PLINE_BASE_URL, PLINE_API_KEY

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

  • npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pline-api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pline-api"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLINE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "PLINE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add pline-api --env PLINE_BASE_URL=your-value --env PLINE_API_KEY=your-value -- npx -y pline-api

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pline-api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pline-api"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLINE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "PLINE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "pline-api": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pline-api"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLINE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "PLINE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

  • PLINE_BASE_URL env
    pline.ai API base URL. Optional; defaults to https://apix.pline.ai/v1.
  • PLINE_API_KEY secret required env
    Your own pline.ai API key. Sent to the API as the x-api-key header.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 6, 2026

  • ✓ Pass

    Maker matches the repo

    The registry name was verified with the GitHub account grepsr, which owns the repo

  • … Not checked yet

    Still maintained

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • … Not checked yet

    Has a licence

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • – Not applicable

    Endpoint responds

    This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint

  • – Not applicable

    Sign-in with OAuth

    Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead

  • … Not checked yet

    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

    Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Web & browsersi

  • More stars than 0% of the other 878 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 93% of the other 878 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 878 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is pline.ai safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: PLINE_API_KEY

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.3.12) reached the registry 2 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js, Docker on your computer.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Browser Use, Chrome DevTools MCP, MCP Server Browser

Alternatives

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README from the maker

Open the README

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pline.ai MCP server

Run this MCP server on your own machine to scrape pages, crawl sites, discover URLs, and search through the hosted pline.ai API. Each user supplies their own API key.

Your MCP client → local MCP process (stdio) → hosted pline.ai API (HTTPS)

The scraping backend stays on pline.ai's infrastructure. You do not need to run the orchestrator, browser fetcher, Redis, or Temporal locally.

Run with npx

The server is published to npm as pline-api: a small launcher that selects the prebuilt binary for your platform (macOS arm64/x64, Linux x64/arm64, Windows x64) from an optional dependency, falling back to a checksum-verified download from the GitHub Release. Node.js 18+ is the only requirement:

{

"mcpServers": { "pline.ai": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "pline-api"], "env": { "PLINE_BASE_URL": "https://apix.pline.ai/v1", "PLINE_API_KEY": "your-own-api-key" } } } }

Arguments pass straight through to the binary (npx -y pline-api --http 127.0.0.1:8080), and PLINE_MCP_BINARY=/path/to/pline-mcp makes the launcher run a build of your own. The launcher source is in ../npm; per-platform packages are named pline-api- - .

Install a prebuilt binary

Use the platform downloads and checksum instructions in the repository setup guide. Extract pline-mcp (or pline-mcp.exe on Windows) and configure your MCP client with its absolute path below. You do not need Rust, Cargo, or a repository checkout for a prebuilt installation.

Run the Docker image

Each release is also published as a multi-platform image at ghcr.io/grepsr/pline-mcp (linux/amd64 and linux/arm64), which is the package the MCP Registry entry io.github.grepsr/pline-api points at. With Docker installed, an MCP client can run the server over stdio without downloading a binary:

{

"mcpServers": { "pline.ai": { "command": "docker", "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "PLINE_BASE_URL", "-e", "PLINE_API_KEY", "ghcr.io/grepsr/pline-mcp:0.3.12", "--stdio"], "env": { "PLINE_BASE_URL": "https://apix.pline.ai/v1", "PLINE_API_KEY": "your-own-api-key" } } } }

-e NAME without a value forwards the variable from the client-provided environment into the container, so the key never appears on the command line. The image runs as an unprivileged user and has no access to your filesystem, so save_dir and download_dir are unavailable unless you mount a volume. Pin the tag to a release version; latest moves. The same image serves Streamable HTTP when started without --stdio:

docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 -e PLINE_BASE_URL=https://apix.pline.ai/v1 ghcr.io/grepsr/pline-mcp:0.3.12

Build from Git

You need Git, a current stable Rust toolchain with Cargo, and an API key. The server calls the public API at https://apix.pline.ai/v1 unless PLINE_BASE_URL overrides it.

From the repository root:

git clone https://github.com/grepsr/pline-api.git

cd pline-api cargo build --manifest-path mcp-server/Cargo.toml --release --locked cp .env.example .env

Edit .env with your API URL and your own key, then load it before starting your MCP client:

set -a

. ./.env set +a

These environment-loading commands are for POSIX shells. On other platforms, set the same two environment variables in your shell or MCP client configuration. The server does not load .env automatically; the file is ignored by Git.

PLINE_BASE_URL is optional and defaults to the public API, https://apix.pline.ai/v1. Internal deployment addresses are not reachable from a user's machine.

Connect an MCP client

For a client with a mcpServers JSON configuration, add this entry. Replace the binary path, API URL, and key with your own values. On Windows the binary has an .exe suffix.

{

"mcpServers": { "pline.ai": { "command": "/absolute/path/to/pline-mcp", "args": ["--stdio"], "env": { "PLINE_BASE_URL": "https://apix.pline.ai/v1", "PLINE_API_KEY": "your-own-api-key" } } } }

Use an absolute binary path so the client can launch it from any working directory. For source builds, the executable is mcp-server/target/release/pline-mcp inside the checkout. Store real credentials in your local client settings, not in a committed configuration file.

For Claude Code launched from the repository root, the root .mcp.json runs the server through Cargo and expands the two environment variables from your shell. The first release build can take a while; building it first avoids waiting during the client's connection attempt.

The MCP client launches and manages the stdio process. You do not need to start an HTTP listener or expose a port. Logs go to stderr (RUST_LOG=debug for more detail).

Update

For prebuilt installs, download the new archive, verify its checksum, and replace the executable. For source builds:

git pull --ff-only

cargo build --manifest-path mcp-server/Cargo.toml --release --locked

Restart or reconnect the MCP client to load the rebuilt binary.

Tools

ToolEndpoint
scrapePOST /scrape
batch_scrape_start / batch_scrape_status / batch_scrape_cancel/batch/scrape
crawl_start / crawl_status / crawl_cancel/crawl
map_sitePOST /map
searchGET /serp
sessions_listlocal: remembered host-to-session map for this caller

Tool results contain structured JSON. API errors return the HTTP status and the service's detail message. The client sends your key to the configured API as x-api-key.

scrape remembers sessions per caller and host for the process lifetime. A second scrape of the same host reuses the session unless you pass session_id or set new_session=true. Same-host scrapes are serialized locally. A 4xx response on a remembered session drops it for the next call.

Over stdio, save_dir writes scrape outputs to your local filesystem and returns their paths. Without it, outputs are clipped at max_chars (default 60000); truncated_outputs lists clipped fields. Over stdio, the status tools can download finished job artifacts to a local download_dir. HTTP requests with save_dir or download_dir are rejected before contacting the API.

Read pline://guide for usage guidance and pline://reference for the API fields and constraints. The documents are also available in docs/guide.md and docs/reference.md.

Hosted OAuth connection

The remote MCP endpoint can use Pline sign-in instead of asking every agent user to paste an API key. After sign-in, each user selects a workspace and an active API key. Follow docs/oauth-hosting.md to configure the Pline web app and host.

Configuration

The executable is pline-mcp; its public MCP identity is pline.ai. Set PLINE_BASE_URL and PLINE_API_KEY for local stdio use. For HTTP mode, PLINE_MCP_HTTP_ADDR sets the listener address and PLINE_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS accepts a comma-separated list of allowed hosts. OAuth mode also uses PLINE_PLATFORM_BASE_URL (Pline web app origin), PLINE_SUPABASE_URL (Supabase project origin), and PLINE_MCP_PUBLIC_URL (public MCP origin).

Where this server is listed

The server is published to the official MCP Registry as io.github.grepsr/pline-api with the npm package and the GHCR image above as its packages, and the repository root is installable as a Claude Code plugin (pline-ai) that runs the npm package. The root .cursor/mcp.json and .vscode/mcp.json configure npx -y pline-api for Cursor and VS Code workspaces. PUBLISHING.md describes how each listing is produced and kept current.

HTTP mode

The binary also supports Streamable HTTP, for example for local transport development:

PLINE_BASE_URL=https://apix.pline.ai/v1 \

./mcp-server/target/release/pline-mcp --http 127.0.0.1:8080

/health reports liveness. /openapi.json serves a public OpenAPI 3.1 description of the server, generated from the live tool list. /mcp accepts the caller's API key through Authorization: Bearer or x-api-key; the legacy / /mcp route also exists, but puts credentials in URLs and access logs. The server forwards each caller's key rather than using the stdio environment key. A Supabase OAuth access token is also accepted when the platform and OAuth environment variables are configured. The user selects an active workspace API key in Pline's OAuth consent screen, and the server resolves it for each request through the authenticated Pline platform. The MCP process does not keep a shared API key.

Configure Supabase OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration enabled and /oauth/consent as its authorization UI path. Apply API service migrations with uv run alembic upgrade head from the pline-hades-api-service repository before enabling the hosted endpoint.

HTTP transport is stateless: no Mcp-Session-Id is issued, and standalone GET streams and DELETE session requests return 405. Each POST uses its own API key; remembered scrape sessions remain scoped to that key. Session replay and MCP cancellation notifications are not supported in HTTP mode. The Git installation above uses stdio.

Develop

Run from mcp-server/:

cargo test --locked

cargo clippy --locked --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings cargo fmt --check

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