by serkan-ozal
Driflyte — Query and retrieve precise, topic-specific knowledge from recursively crawled and indexed web pages for fast,
Query crawled and indexed web pages by topic to get specific knowledge for your AI assistant conversations. No registration required.
Driflyte is a community-built MCP server published by serkan-ozal that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Driflyte — Query and retrieve precise, topic-specific knowledge from recursively crawled and indexed web pages for fast, It is categorized under search web, ai ml.
You can install Driflyte in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server supports remote connections over HTTP, so no local installation is required.
MIT
Driflyte is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
Fetch and extract information from websites automatically
Example
Research competitor pricing, scrape product reviews, monitor news mentions
Automate 5-10 hours/week of manual web research
Track website changes, new content, price updates
Example
Monitor competitor blog for new posts, track stock availability, watch for pricing changes
Stay informed without manual checking, never miss important updates
Extract structured data from multiple websites
Example
Compile product listings from 10 e-commerce sites, aggregate job postings, collect real estate data
Build datasets 100x faster than manual copying
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Useful MCP listing: Driflyte is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
According to our notes, Driflyte benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
Driflyte has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
According to our notes, Driflyte benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
Driflyte is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
Strong directory entry: Driflyte surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
We wired Driflyte into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
We evaluated Driflyte against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
Driflyte is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
We wired Driflyte into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
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MCP Server for Driflyte.
The Driflyte MCP Server exposes tools that allow AI assistants to query and retrieve topic-specific knowledge from recursively crawled and indexed web pages. With this MCP server, Driflyte acts as a bridge between diverse, topic-aware content sources (web, GitHub, and more) and AI-powered reasoning, enabling richer, more accurate answers.
100 API requests per 5 minutes per IP address.Driflyte MCP server supports the following CLI arguments for configuration:
--transport <stdio|streamable-http> - Configures the transport protocol (defaults to stdio).--port <number> – Configures the port number to listen on when using streamable-http transport (defaults to 3000).This MCP server (using STDIO or Streamable HTTP transport) can be added to any MCP Client
like VS Code, Claude, Cursor, Windsurf Github Copilot via the @driflyte/mcp-server NPM package.
Settings under your profile and enable Developer Mode under the Connectors option.+ icon, and from the dropdown, select Developer Mode.
You’ll see an option to add sources/connectors.Create:
Name: DriflyteMCP Server URL: https://mcp.driflyte.com/openaiAuthentication: No authenticationTrust Setting: Check I trust this applicationSee How to set up a remote MCP server and connect it to ChatGPT deep research and MCP server tools now in ChatGPT – developer mode for more info.
Run the following command. See Claude Code MCP docs for more info.
claude mcp add driflyte -- npx -y @driflye/mcp-server
claude mcp add --transport http driflyte https://mcp.driflyte.com/mcp
Add the following configuration into the claude_desktop_config.json file.
See the Claude Desktop MCP docs for more info.
{
"mcpServers": {
"driflyte": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@driflyte/mcp-server"]
}
}
}
Go to the Settings > Connectors > Add Custom Connector in the Claude Desktop and add the new MCP server with the following fields:
Driflytehttps://mcp.driflyte.com/mcpAdd the following configuration to the mcpServers section of your Copilot Coding Agent configuration through
Repository > Settings > Copilot > Coding agent > MCP configuration.
See the Copilot Coding Agent MCP docs for more info.
{
"mcpServers": {
"driflyte": {
"type": "local",
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@driflyte/mcp-server"]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"driflyte": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.driflyte.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Add the following configuration into the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file (or .cursor/mcp.json in your project folder).
Or setup by 🖱️One Click Installation.
See the Cursor MCP docs for more info.
{
"mcpServers": {
"driflyte": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@driflyte/mcp-server"]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"driflyte": {
"url": "https://mcp.driflyte.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Add the following configuration into the ~/.gemini/settings.json file.
See the Gemini CLI MCP docs for more info.
{
"mcpServers": {
"driflyte": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@driflyte/mcp-server"]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"driflyte": {
"httpUrl": "https://mcp.driflyte.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Run the following command. You can find your Smithery API key here. See the Smithery CLI docs for more info.
npx -y @smithery/cli install @serkan-ozal/driflyte-mcp-server --client <SMITHERY-CLIENT-NAME> --key <SMITHERY-API-KEY>
Add the following configuration into the .vscode/mcp.json file.
Or setup by 🖱️One Click Installation.
See the VS Code MCP docs for more info.
{
"mcp": {
"servers": {
"driflyte": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@driflyte/mcp-server"]
}
}
}
}
{
"mcp": {
"servers": {
"driflyte": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.driflyte.com/mcp"
}
}
}
}
Add the following configuration into the ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json file.
See the Windsurf MCP docs for more info.
{
"mcpServers": {
"driflyte": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@driflyte/mcp-server"]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"driflyte": {
"serverUrl": "https://mcp.driflyte.com/mcp"
}
}
}
list-topics: Returns a list of topics for which resources (web pages, etc ...) have been crawled and content is available.
This allows AI assistants to discover the most relevant and up-to-date subject areas currently indexed by the crawler.
topics:
Optinal: falseType: Array<string>Description: List of the supported topics.search: Given a list of topics and a user question, this tool retrieves the top-K most relevant documents from the crawled content.
It is designed to help AI assistants surface the most contextually appropriate and up-to-date information for a specific topic and query.
This enables more informed and accurate responses based on real-world, topic-tagged web content.
topics
Optinal: falseType: Array<string>Description: A list of one or more topic identifiers to constrain the search space.
Only documents tagged with at least one of these topics will be considered.query
Optinal: falseType: stringDescription: The natural language query or question for which relevant information is being sought.
This will be used to rank documents by semantic relevance.topK
Optinal: trueType: numberDefault Value: 10Min Value: 1Max Value: 30Description: The maximum number of relevant documents to return.
Results are sorted by descending relevance score.documents:
Optional: falseType: Array<Document>Description: Matched documents to the search query.Document:
content
Interact with services that don't offer APIs
Example
Check form submissions, validate website functionality, test user flows
Automate interactions with any website, even without API
Prerequisites
Time Estimate
20-40 minutes including configuration and testing
Steps
Troubleshooting
✓ Do
✗ Don't
💡 Pro Tips
Architecture
MCP server handles HTTP requests, HTML parsing, JavaScript rendering (if headless browser), and returns structured data to Claude.
Protocols
Compatibility
✓ Use when
Use for research automation, content monitoring, data aggregation from multiple sources, and when official APIs don't exist. Best for read-only information gathering.
✗ Avoid when
Avoid for sites with APIs (use API instead), sites that explicitly forbid scraping, when data is copyrighted, or for login-required content without proper authorization.