anansi — MCP Server by mdowis

by mdowis · MCP Server · ★ 78

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About anansi

The spider that learns. Every web scraper starts working. The question is how long before it breaks. Anansi is built on a different assumption: the web is adversarial and unstable, and your scraper should handle that without your involvement. When a site changes its layout, Anansi finds the data anyway and remembers the fix: CSS selectors are scored by confidence and healed automatically. When a page needs a browser to render, it switches to one silently. When bot detection gets in the way, it mimics Chrome's TLS fingerprint at the network level, the layer most scrapers never think about. When you re-crawl, unchanged pages are skipped before a request is even made. When extraction goes wrong, Pydantic validation catches it immediately instead of letting garbage accumulate in your database. The result: a crawler that handles hostile sites, survives redesigns, and gets better the longer it runs. Ships with an MCP server so any LLM can drive a full crawl through a conversation. Capabilities JSON-LD, Open Graph, and Microdata are extracted from every pag

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Quick Facts

Stars78
Forks16
LanguagePython
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score55.308/100
Last Updated2026-05-18
Created2026-05-14
Platformsbrowser, mcp, python
Est. Tokens~20k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with anansi for enhanced workflows:

  • scrapai-cli — semantic(0.30)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (65%)
  • ytfetcher — semantic(0.16)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (55%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is anansi?

anansi is A self-healing web scraper built for hostile sites: selectors repair themselves, browser rendering kicks in when needed, and Chrome TLS fingerprinting evades bot detection. Ships with an MCP server so. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 78 GitHub stars.

What programming language is anansi written in?

anansi is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as adaptive-scraping, ai-agent, anti-bot.

How do I install or use anansi?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the anansi GitHub repository at github.com/mdowis/anansi. The project has 78 stars and 16 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does anansi use?

anansi is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to anansi?

The top alternatives to anansi on Agent Skills Hub include crw, web-scout-mcp, camofox-mcp. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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