Wire SocialCrawl into the tools you already build with. The socialcrawl Agent Skill, the local and hosted socialcrawl-mcp servers, and soon the n8n node and Apify actor all call one unified social media API, on one x-api-key and one credit balance across 44 platforms. These are social media apis for developers who would rather paste a key than manage forty.
Three ways ship today, two are on the way. Install the socialcrawl Agent Skill, run the socialcrawl-mcp server locally, or point your client at the hosted remote MCP server, then paste your key and your assistant queries 44 platforms through one unified social media API. Think of it as an api integration platform where every surface, Skill, MCP, and REST, shares the same key. The n8n api integration and the Apify actor land next.
Run `npx socialcrawl-mcp` to give Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client 7 curated tools over stdio. Published on npm and the MCP Registry, so paste your key once and every tool spends from the same credits.
{
"mcpServers": {
"socialcrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "socialcrawl-mcp"],
"env": {
"SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY": "sc_your_key_here"
}
}
}
}The socialcrawl skill on skills.sh and ClawHub gives 40+ AI agents a direct line to the API. It is a structured skill, not a wall of prose, so an agent calls the right endpoint on the first try.
npx skills add socialcrawl/skillsThe same server, hosted, over Streamable HTTP, the transport the Model Context Protocol spec lists as standard for remote clients now that stdio-only and legacy SSE are phased out. Same tools, no local process to run. Point Claude Code or your editor at the URL, send your key as a header, and you are connected.
https://mcp.socialcrawl.dev/mcpn8n is where your workflow already lives, so we show up in the node list. The n8n-nodes-socialcrawl community node exposes 221 operations across 39 resources, a fast on-ramp for lightweight automations rather than a rebuild of your orchestration.
The socialcrawl-apify actor brings the same unified schema to Apify runs and schedules. One vendor and one key, instead of stitching together community actors of varying quality.
Yes. The API is plain REST behind an x-api-key header, so it drops into any LLM SDK as a tool or function call. These are social media apis for developers who would rather add one tool than learn a new client.
Register the API as a tool in the Vercel AI SDK and your model queries 44 platforms mid-conversation. Same key, same credit balance.
Wrap any endpoint as a LangChain tool. The unified schema means one output parser to write instead of one per platform.
Expose the API to Claude as a tool call over plain REST, or point Claude Code at the MCP server. Either path spends from one key.
Plain REST and a single header mean the API fits marketplace tooling like RapidAPI, so you can meter and manage it next to the rest of your keys.
Every surface returns the same unified social media api response, computed fields included, so an agent can reason over the data instead of parsing it. One key covers 332 endpoints, and agent skills, MCP, and REST all draw from the same credit balance.
Skill, MCP, and REST all authenticate with the same x-api-key and spend from the same credits. No per-platform app approvals, no secret sprawl across your agents, one api integration platform instead of forty.
Engagement rates, normalized author objects, and cross-platform IDs arrive pre-computed, so your agent acts on the answer instead of recomputing it.
The socialcrawl agent skills are structured for tool-calling, so an assistant picks the right endpoint on the first try instead of guessing from a wall of prose.
Because one all in one social media api replaces 44 developer-app approvals, 44 auth flows, and 44 response shapes. Here is what you skip by pasting one key instead of wiring forty.
| Aspect | SocialCrawl integrations | Building it yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Auth & billing | One x-api-key and one credit balance across Skill, MCP, and soon n8n and Apify | A separate app approval, auth flow, and rate limit for every platform |
| Time to first call | Paste a key, then run `npx socialcrawl-mcp` or install the skill | Register per-platform developer apps and wait on review queues |
| Response shape | One unified JSON shape across 44 platforms | Normalize a different response shape for every platform yourself |
| Where it runs | Agent Skills, MCP (local stdio and hosted remote), and plain REST for any SDK | Custom glue code rewritten for each client and runtime |
Auth & billing
Time to first call
Response shape
Where it runs
Short answers on connecting, pricing, and the roadmap. For anything deeper, the docs cover each integration end to end.
Read the integration docsRun `npx socialcrawl-mcp` to start the stdio server, and install the socialcrawl skill from skills.sh or ClawHub. Both surfaces ship as public repos, so if you are hunting for a social media api integration github reference, each one carries its own repo and README.
It is the only MCP server we know of that returns one unified schema across 44 social platforms on a single credit balance. Most best mcp servers roundups cover open-web search tools, so treat this one as the social-native complement rather than a swap.
The n8n-nodes-socialcrawl community node is built (221 operations, 39 resources) and pending publication to the n8n community node index. Until it lands you can call the same REST API from an n8n HTTP Request node. We are not promising a date.
Every account starts with free credits, so it works as a social media api free tier for testing. See your data in the Explorer before writing a single line, then wire the Skill, MCP, or REST once the shape looks right. It is a genuine free api for developers, not a time-boxed trial.
One key reaches 44 platforms through 358 endpoints, and every surface, Skill, MCP, n8n, and Apify, draws from the same credits. That is the all in one part: one account, one schema, one bill, an api integration platform without the platform to configure.
No. The Skill, the MCP server, and the REST API all authenticate with the same x-api-key. One scoped key instead of a fresh secret for every agent you run.
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Grab a key, paste it into the Skill, the MCP server, or a single `curl`, and pull social data on 44 platforms in minutes. One key, one credit balance, every surface.
npx socialcrawl-mcp