Novada MCP
Web search, page extraction and structured platform data for AI agents, backed by Novada's own proxy network.
Free to start: $10 in free credits, no credit card. There is no monthly call cap — usage is billed to your Novada account.
What it is good at
- Structured data from 14 sources, no HTML parsing. One typed tool per platform (Amazon, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, Walmart, GitHub and more). The
operation is a closed list, so a wrong value is rejected before any call and the error lists the valid ones.
- Pages that block bots.
novada_extract escalates from a plain fetch to JS render to a real browser on its own, takes up to 10 URLs per call, and names the blocker when it cannot get through (for example anti_bot:kasada).
- Cited research in one call.
novada_research runs several searches, de-duplicates, and returns numbered source passages for your agent to write the answer from. It returns source material, not a generated summary.
Try these prompts
| Use case | Ask your agent |
|---|
| Price research | "Compare the top 5 Amazon results for 'standing desk' by price and rating, then check the cheapest one on Walmart." |
| Lead research | "List open Data Analyst jobs on LinkedIn in Germany posted this week, with company and link." |
| Cited answer | "What changed in the EU battery regulation this year? Give me sources I can quote." |
Quickstart
Hosted, nothing to install. Sign up at novada.com for a key; check your balance any time with novada_setup.
claude.ai: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste https://mcp.novada.com/mcp, sign in with your Novada account (OAuth).
Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http novada https://mcp.novada.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code and self-host (npx -y novada-mcp): see the install guide. The hosted endpoint accepts the key only in an Authorization: Bearer header or via OAuth, never in a URL.
How to choose a tool
| Tool | Use it when |
|---|
novada_search | Find pages by query (google / duckduckgo / yandex; time, domain, geo filters). |
novada_extract | Read one known URL, or up to 10 in parallel, through anti-bot pages. |
novada_research | Answer a complex question with passages from several sources in one call. |
novada_scrape | Structured records from 14 platforms, plus 14 typed per-platform tools such as novada_scrape_amazon and novada_scrape_linkedin. |
novada_crawl | Pull content from a bounded set of related pages (up to 20) on one site. |
novada_map | Discover what URLs exist on a site before fetching. |
novada_proxy | Route your own HTTP client through a specific IP type, country or session. |
Not sure? Call novada_discover. 37 tools self-hosted; the hosted endpoint exposes 29 of them (self-host adds browser automation, site copy, and the write-gated open/renew static-IP actions). Full list and per-surface availability: docs/TOOLS.md.
How it compares
| Typed platform scrapers | Search / extract / crawl / map | Own proxy network | Notes |
|---|
| Novada | Yes (14) | Yes, plus research | Yes | Proxy config from Novada's own network via novada_proxy |
| Tavily | No | Yes | No | Search, extract, map, crawl |
| Firecrawl | No | Yes | No | Scrape, crawl, search, extract and an agent tool |
| Bright Data | Yes | Yes | Yes | Closest in scope |
Pick Tavily or Firecrawl if you only need search and page-to-markdown. Pick Novada or Bright Data if you also need records from specific platforms or control over proxy routing. Comparison reflects each project's public MCP README as of 2026-10-26; check theirs for current details.
Built for agents: write operations (proxy sub-accounts, IP whitelist, static IPs, key capture) use a two-step approval token, and novada_discover and novada_setup let an agent find the right tool or check its key without reading this page. Basic novada_extract also works without a key (no render escalation).
Repository layout
npm-package/ is the novada-mcp package and holds all tool logic. hosted-server/ is the HTTP wrapper behind mcp.novada.com. distribution/ holds plugin and registry packaging plus the release consistency check, monitoring/ the smoke, stress and report tooling, config/ the surface definitions, scripts/ repo-level checks, and docs/ the tool reference and assets. See ARCHITECTURE.md and CONTRIBUTING.
Links
novada.com · npm · GitHub · Issues
License
MIT, see LICENSE.
