For AI agents and developers

Every Perceptron Data actor is a tool your agent can call through Apify's MCP server or the Apify API: JSON in, one row per result out, and a price per result the agent sees before it calls.

Connect

MCP server with only our flagship tools – each actor becomes one tool, named like perceptr0n--research-agent (add any other actor the same way, comma-separated):

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=perceptr0n/imprint-impressum-website-contact-scraper,perceptr0n/research-agent,perceptr0n/google-ads-transparency-scraper,perceptr0n/pdf-to-markdown-converter

Claude Code – then run /mcp once to sign in to Apify:

claude mcp add --transport http perceptron-data "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=perceptr0n/imprint-impressum-website-contact-scraper,perceptr0n/research-agent,perceptr0n/google-ads-transparency-scraper,perceptr0n/pdf-to-markdown-converter"

Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and other MCP clients:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perceptron-data": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=perceptr0n/imprint-impressum-website-contact-scraper,perceptr0n/research-agent,perceptr0n/google-ads-transparency-scraper,perceptr0n/pdf-to-markdown-converter"
    }
  }
}

Without the browser sign-in, send your Apify token as a header instead: "headers": {"Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>"}.

Plain HTTP – start a run and get the rows in one request:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/perceptr0n~imprint-impressum-website-contact-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"websites": ["haribo.com", "miele.de"]}'

Apify's default MCP server also finds these actors through its search-actors tool; naming them in tools= loads them directly.

Which actor for which task

Task	MCP tool	Example input	Price
Company behind a DACH website, with its VAT number checked against VIES	`perceptr0n--imprint-impressum-website-contact-scraper`	`{"websites": ["haribo.com", "miele.de"]}`	$0.005 per website + $0.01 per run
Cited passages for an LLM answer, each source with an evidence level	`perceptr0n--research-agent`	`{"query": "What does Article 17 GDPR require?"}`	$0.015 per question + $0.00005 per run
Do these companies advertise on Google or Microsoft Bing?	`perceptr0n--google-ads-transparency-scraper`	`{"mode": "companies", "domains": ["otto.de", "frischpack.de"]}`	$0.004 per company checked + $0.01 per run
PDF, Word, Excel or PowerPoint to Markdown (OCR for scans)	`perceptr0n--pdf-to-markdown-converter`	`{"urls": ["https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf"], "output": "chunks"}`	$0.0005 per page + $0.005 per run
The same company row for up to 10 websites per run, free	`perceptr0n--free-website-contact-imprint-scraper`	`{"websites": ["liebherr.com", "frischpack.de", "tuwien.at"]}`	Free
Employer ratings, salaries and benefits from kununu	`perceptr0n--kununu-employer-data-scraper`	`{"companies": ["https://www.kununu.com/de/siemens", "https://www.kununu.com/de/sap"], "include_reviews": true, "max_reviews_per_company": 100}`	$0.001 per record + $0.04 per run
Job ads from the German Federal Employment Agency's Jobbörse	`perceptr0n--arbeitsagentur-jobs-scraper`	`{"keyword": "Elektriker", "location": "München", "radiusKm": 25, "includeDetails": true}`	$0.001 per job + $0.01 per run
Exhibitors of Messe München fairs (bauma, IFAT, BAU …)	`perceptr0n--messe-muenchen-exhibitor-list-scraper`	`{"start_url": "https://exhibitors.bauma.de/", "result_limit": 500}`	$0.005 per exhibitor + $0.01 per run
Exhibitors of Koelnmesse fairs (Anuga, ISM, imm cologne …)	`perceptr0n--anuga-ism-koelnmesse-exhibitor-scraper`	`{"fair": "anuga", "result_limit": 500}`	$0.005 per exhibitor + $0.01 per run
App Store and Google Play apps, ratings and reviews	`perceptr0n--appstore-google-play-intelligence`	`{"mode": "search", "keywords": ["budget planner"], "country": "de", "max_items": 50}`	$0.001 per app + $0.01 per run
EU public tenders from TED by country and CPV code	`perceptr0n--eu-tenders-ted-scraper`	`{"countries": ["DEU", "AUT"], "cpv_codes": ["72"], "only_open_tenders": true}`	$0.002 per tender + $0.01 per run
German power plants from the Marktstammdatenregister	`perceptr0n--german-energy-assets-mastr`	`{"energy_source": "solar", "federal_state": "BY", "min_power_kw": 750, "commissioned_before": "2012-01-01"}`	$0.004 per unit + $0.04 per run
EU medical devices and manufacturers from EUDAMED	`perceptr0n--eudamed-medical-device-scraper`	`{"mode": "devices", "risk_class": "refdata.risk-class.class-iii", "max_items": 200}`	$0.03 per record + $0.02 per run
Which actor fits a data need (free)	`perceptr0n--dach-eu-data-source-finder`	`{"queries": ["bauma exhibitor list", "Impressum Daten", "PDF to Markdown"]}`	Free

What your agent should know

Read the status before the values: the Imprint & VAT Check gives every row a status and a reason, the Research Agent a status per question and an evidence level per source, the Advertiser Check a status per platform, PDF to Markdown a status per document.
Cap the cost: pass a maximum cost per run (maxTotalChargeUsd); Apify never charges a run beyond it.
The Imprint & VAT Check and the Research Agent read pages that refuse automated requests through Apify's Web Fetch, which Apify bills separately on the same account ($0.0015 per delivered page on the free plan).
Each actor's limits are in its README on Apify – read them before you rely on a field.

Machine-readable

llms.txt – the catalogue in plain text
catalog.json – names, prices, MCP tool names, example inputs
index.md – every page of this site as Markdown: add index.md to its address

Updated 13 Oct 2026