Novada-MCP

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 credits, up to 1,000 calls a month, no credit card.

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 28 of them (self-host adds browser automation and site copy). 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.