# mcp-server MCP Server

Web scraping MCP server — scrape, extract structured data, screenshot any site with anti-bot bypass.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

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## Connect

Published as `alterlab-mcp-server` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**10 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 7.

### Most discussed

### fix: balance warning not surfaced in error-path tool responses (review finding — PR #381)

## Problem

When a scrape/extract/screenshot/crawl API call returns a 4xx error (e.g., 402 Insufficient Balance), the balance warning suffix is not appended to the error response. The `X-AlterLab-Balance-Warning` header IS parsed on error responses, but `formatErrorResult()` is called directly without appending `formatBalanceWarning(client.getLastBalanceWarning())`.

**Source**: PR #381 — Feat: proactive balance warnings (#28)
**Agent**: Security + Billing (dual finding)
**Confidence**: POSSIBLE

[Read the thread](https://github.com/RapierCraft/alterlab-mcp-server/issues/382) · 2026-07-07 · closed · outside contributor · 15 comments

### fix: remove dead code in waitForKeypressOrTimeout() finally block (review finding — PR #377)

## Problem

The `finally` block in `waitForKeypressOrTimeout()` in `src/auth.ts` contains an empty `if` body that is dead code.

**Source**: PR #377 — feat(auth): add 5-second countdown with keypress opt-out to first-run flow
**Agent**: General Security (domain: quality)
**Confidence**: POSSIBLE
**Severity**: LOW

## Pattern Metadata

**Pattern**: dead-code-finally
**Files**: `src/auth.ts`
**Root cause**: The finally block was added as a belt-and-suspenders guard but the actual cleanup is handle

[Read the thread](https://github.com/RapierCraft/alterlab-mcp-server/issues/378) · 2026-07-07 · closed · outside contributor · 13 comments

### fix: shell injection via exec() in openBrowser() (review finding — PR #371)

## Problem

`openBrowser()` in `src/auth.ts:120` was constructing a shell command string (`exec(cmd)`) using a URL returned by the device authorization server. On Linux and macOS, a malicious or compromised device server could return a URL containing shell metacharacters (e.g., backtick subshell `$(id)`, semicolon, pipe) that escape the double-quote boundary and execute arbitrary shell commands on the user's machine.

**Source**: PR #371 — feat(auth): Add OAuth device flow for seamless CLI authe

[Read the thread](https://github.com/RapierCraft/alterlab-mcp-server/issues/374) · 2026-07-07 · closed · outside contributor · 11 comments

### Bug: only 5 of 23 tools returned by tools/list — search, map, crawl, batch, sessions missing

## Problem

`alterlab-mcp-server@1.7.0` registers 23 tools via `server.tool()` (confirmed by monkey-patching `McpServer.prototype.tool` — all 23 return OK), but `tools/list` only returns 5:

1. `alterlab_scrape`
2. `alterlab_extract`
3. `alterlab_screenshot`
4. `alterlab_estimate_cost`
5. `alterlab_check_balance`

**Missing tools** (18): `alterlab_search`, `alterlab_map`, `alterlab_crawl`, `alterlab_crawl_status`, `alterlab_crawl_cancel`, `alterlab_batch`, `alterlab_batch_status`, `alterlab_list

[Read the thread](https://github.com/RapierCraft/alterlab-mcp-server/issues/367) · 2026-07-07 · closed · outside contributor · 7 comments

### fix: estimate tool formats description overstates cost prediction impact (review finding — PR #236)

## Problem

The `estimate` tool's `formats` parameter description states it `Affects cost prediction accuracy` (`src/tools/estimate.ts:24`), but the `/api/v1/scrape/estimate` endpoint currently ignores the `formats` field in its cost calculation — it only uses `url`, `cost_controls`, and URL-pattern heuristics.

**Source**: PR #236 — Fix: add formats parameter to estimate tool (json_v2, rag, raw)
**Agent**: General Security (security)
**Confidence**: POSSIBLE
**Severity**: LOW
**Review comment**

[Read the thread](https://github.com/RapierCraft/alterlab-mcp-server/issues/237) · 2026-06-03 · closed · outside contributor · 15 comments

### Most recent

### feat(sync): add block_images param and crawl export tool

## Problem

The MCP server is missing two API capabilities that are live in production:

1. **`block_images` parameter** — available on scrape, crawl, and extract endpoints since SDK v2.3.1. Skips image downloads during browser rendering to reduce proxy bandwidth and speed up scrapes. Not exposed in the MCP scrape/crawl/extract tool schemas.

2. **`GET /crawl/{id}/export`** — new endpoint (PR #21189, deployed June 18). Exports crawl results as CSV/JSON/NDJSON. No corresponding MCP tool exists.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/RapierCraft/alterlab-mcp-server/issues/296) · 2026-06-22 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

### Sync: Add beta feature management tools — list, enable, disable (from #19977)

## Ecosystem Sync

**Source**: [RapierCraftStudios/AlterLab](https://github.com/RapierCraftStudios/AlterLab) @ \`staging\`
**PR**: RapierCraftStudios/AlterLab#19977
**Merged**: 2026-06-03

## What changed

PR #19977 added beta feature management methods to both the Node SDK and Python SDK:
- \`listBetaFeatures()\` — GET /api/v1/beta-features
- \`listMyBetaFeatures()\` — GET /api/v1/beta-features/my
- \`enableBetaFeature(slug)\` — POST /api/v1/beta-features/{slug}/enable
- \`disableBetaFeature(sl

[Read the thread](https://github.com/RapierCraft/alterlab-mcp-server/issues/233) · 2026-06-03 · closed · outside contributor · 7 comments

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