crawl_status

MCP tool from Screaming Frog MCP by bzsasson

Check progress of a running crawl

How to use it

crawl_status is exposed by the Screaming Frog MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the crawl_status tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Screaming Frog MCP

$uv tool install screaming-frog-mcp

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Other tools in Screaming Frog MCP (8)

aggregate_crawl_data

Counts and group-by breakdowns over exported data ("how many 404s", "status code distribution") without reading rows into context

crawl_site

Start a headless background crawl (see note below)

delete_crawl

Permanently delete a crawl from the database

export_crawl

Export crawl data as CSV files (many export options available)