generated: '2026-09-10'
method: searched
source: >-
  npm crustapi-mcp (registry metadata + repo https://github.com/CrustAPI/crustapi-mcp),
  and the MCP configuration block published in https://crustapi.com/llms.txt.
api: CrustAPI
name: crustapi
description: >-
  First-party MCP server giving MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, etc.) live
  Google (Search/Maps/News/Images/Reviews/webpage) and public LinkedIn data. Distributed
  as an npm package run locally over stdio; no hosted/remote MCP endpoint is published.
deployment:
  mode: local-stdio
  install: npx -y crustapi-mcp
  package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/crustapi-mcp
  auth: api-key
  verified: searched
  note: >-
    env CRUSTAPI_API_KEY (key_live_ prefix) required. No remote https MCP endpoint exists;
    the provider ships only the stdio package, so an agent needs a human to install and run
    it first. Agent-native billing is instead reachable directly via the x402 top-up
    endpoint (see conformance) plus the REST API.
version: 0.3.1
published: '2026-07-15'
tools:
- name: search
  description: All Google surfaces behind one tool (web, maps, places, news, shopping, images, videos, scholar, patents, autocomplete, lens).
  backs: GET /v1/search
- name: scrape_webpage
  description: Fetch any URL as clean text/markdown for RAG.
  backs: GET /v1/search (type=webpage)
- name: get_reviews
  description: Google reviews for a business.
  backs: GET /v1/search (type=reviews)
- name: linkedin
  description: Public LinkedIn profiles, companies, posts, jobs, and people search behind one tool.
  backs: GET /v1/linkedin