Thirdwatch
Production web scrapers and one MCP server for the AI era. 72+ data sources, pay per result, no subscription.
What Thirdwatch does
Thirdwatch maintains a catalog of production-grade web scrapers on the Apify platform and exposes them through a single Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. LLM-driven applications — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT custom GPTs, internal agents — can use Thirdwatch as a structured-data layer for the public web.
Every scraper returns a documented field set. Every result is billed pay-per-event, with FREE / BRONZE / SILVER / GOLD volume tiers. There's no subscription, no minimum, no commitment. 300+ customers across 10+ countries currently use the catalog; 1M+ records have been served.
Two ways to use Thirdwatch
Run any actor on Apify
Browse the full catalog, pick the source you need, hit Start in the Apify Console. Free credits cover the first ~100 results.
Point your agent at our MCP
Connect https://mcp.thirdwatch.dev/mcp to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-aware client. 14 tools wrap the underlying scrapers so your agent doesn't have to pick.
What's in the catalog
72 live scrapers across 14 categories:
How we built it
Each scraper picks the cheapest reliable extraction path: pure HTTP where the site cooperates, TLS-fingerprint spoofing with impit when it doesn't, and a stealth browser (Camoufox) only when the site has DataDome or Cloudflare Turnstile in front. The result: most actors run at $0.001-$0.005 per record with 95-99% success rates.
The engineering writeups live on The Watchtower: anti-bot bypasses, cost teardowns, why a $0.20/result actor became a $0.008/result actor without losing reliability, and similar field notes.
Who uses Thirdwatch
- Builders & integrators — embed structured external data inside SaaS products, agents, and internal tools without owning a scraping pipeline.
- Recruiters & ATS vendors — pipe LinkedIn, Naukri, AmbitionBox, CutShort, and 15+ other job/candidate sources into hiring workflows.
- E-commerce & retail teams — track Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, AJIO, Nykaa, Meesho, Tata Cliq, FirstCry, and AliExpress prices and stock signals.
- Researchers & VCs — hiring velocity, startup signal, supplier/distributor maps, regional food-delivery data, and trade flows.
- AI / agent teams — the MCP server is the easiest way to give an LLM agent live access to the public web.
Start with 100 free credits
About 30 real searches. Add the MCP to Claude or Cursor in two minutes.