DECODO MCP Guide - Use This AI Tool To Scrape ANYTHING — Superbash Learn

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Key takeaways

Choose MCP over a custom skill so Decodle can "automatically update itself" and expose new scraping endpoints without reconfiguration.
Grab only the basic auth token from the dashboard and ignore the separate auth/authorize/password fields — pasting all three breaks the MCP install.
Validate the install by running a real target, not a ping: ask the agent to fetch Central, Hong Kong restaurants from OpenRice and confirm ratings return without a CAPTCHA.
Stay on the free 2,000-request tier until you hit a wall — the creator says "you'll know when you need more," and that threshold usually arrives the first time you schedule a recurring scrape.
Run Decodle on a Cloud Code loop waking every few minutes when you need a sustained data pipeline (the dog-friendly-restaurant build aggregates OpenRice + Google Reviews + images this way).
Don't lean on Brave Search alone for landing-page data — it handles discovery but inherits the same anti-bot blocks once the agent clicks through to Amazon, TikTok, or Reddit.
Skip Decodle entirely if your workload is pure web search with no protected-site follow-through; the $20 / 38,000-request tier only pays off once agents are doing restaurant, price, or post scraping.

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Companion notes

Decodle's MCP bypasses anti-bot walls that break every other AI agent — setup takes five minutes and starts at a free 2K requests.

Why Your Agent Keeps Lying To You

When humans browse, sites mostly leave them alone. When an AI agent hits OpenRice, Reddit, or Amazon, it gets slammed with CAPTCHA walls — and when the agent can't pass, it "flat-out lie[s] to you" instead of admitting defeat. Brave Search solves discovery but can't reach inside the target site, so the agent still dies on the landing page.

What Decodle Actually Adds

Decodle runs as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, which is a different path from a static skill. Per the creator, MCP lets Decodle "automatically update itself" and roll out new scraping endpoints without you editing config. That's the reason to pick MCP over a hand-coded skill that calls the API — you get every tool in their suite the moment it ships.

Setup Steps That Actually Work

1. Go to Decodle → Integrations → MCP Server → Local Server. 2. Paste the GitHub URL into Codex, Claude Code, or Hermes and prompt: *"Can you help me set up this MCP server? Here's the instructions."* 3. Grab your basic auth token from the dashboard (ignore the separate auth/authorize/password fields). 4. Paste the token into your agent chat so it stores it. 5. Confirm with a real request — in the demo, fetching Central, Hong Kong restaurants from OpenRice returned ratings without triggering a CAPTCHA.

Pricing Reality Check

Free tier: ~2,000 requests/month for web scraping and fast search APIs.
Paid tier: starts at $20 for 38,000 requests.

The creator runs a live loop on Cloud Code that wakes every few minutes, scrapes OpenRice, cross-references Google Reviews, and dumps the merged data into a dog-friendly restaurant site — which he cites as proof the tool survives real production CAPTCHAs.

When To Skip It

If your agent only does web search and never lands on a protected page, Brave Search is enough. The moment you ask it to compare Amazon prices, pull TikTok posts, or read OpenRice reviews, rate-limits and bot walls show up — that's where Decodle earns its keep.

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