Apify MCP Servers — by dizzyvinci

Two production-ready Apify Actors available as MCP servers via the Apify MCP Gateway. Free tier users can call them directly from any MCP client (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.); pay-per-event pricing means you only pay for what you use.

Servers

1. Shopify Catalog Monitor

Track price drops, stock-outs, restocks, and new/removed products across any public Shopify store.

MCP endpoint:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dizzyvinci/shopify-catalog-monitor

Apify Store: https://apify.com/dizzyvinci/shopify-catalog-monitor

Tools exposed: shopify-catalog-monitor — polls stores and returns only the diffs (price changes, stock changes, product adds/removes). On first call per store, captures a baseline; subsequent calls return what changed.

Use cases: competitor price intelligence, dropship product research, brand MAP enforcement, restock alerts.

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2. US Building Permit Aggregator

Pull recent building & construction permits from 9 major US cities in one unified schema.

MCP endpoint:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dizzyvinci/building-permit-aggregator

Apify Store: https://apify.com/dizzyvinci/building-permit-aggregator

Tools exposed: building-permit-aggregator — returns permits from Chicago, LA, Austin, SF, Seattle, DC, Nashville, Philadelphia, and Boston. All data from official government open-data APIs (Socrata, ArcGIS, Carto, CKAN).

Use cases: construction lead gen, market intelligence, real-estate research, contractor prospecting.

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Usage with Claude / any MCP client

Add either server to your MCP client config. Example for Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopify-monitor": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dizzyvinci/shopify-catalog-monitor",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <your-apify-token>"
      }
    },
    "building-permits": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dizzyvinci/building-permit-aggregator",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <your-apify-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Get a free Apify token at console.apify.com/settings/integrations. Free tier includes $5/month in compute credits.

Pricing

Pay-per-event — no subscription:

80% of revenue goes to the developer (Apify takes 20%).

License

MIT