ScrapePlaces runs an MCP server, so AI assistants that support remote MCP connections (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and others) can use it as a tool. Ask in plain language, for example "How many dentists could I find in Denver?", and your assistant answers with a live estimate, or with leads from your own lists once you sign in.
Connect your assistant
The ScrapePlaces MCP Server page has the server address and step-by-step instructions for each assistant. In short:
- In your assistant's settings, add a custom connector (Claude), custom MCP server (ChatGPT) or remote connector (Perplexity). Your plan or workspace must allow custom connections.
- Name it ScrapePlaces and paste the server address from the MCP page.
- Ask for an estimate. To work with your own lists, sign in to ScrapePlaces when the assistant asks you to connect.
Using Claude Code? The MCP page also has a one-line terminal command.
What your assistant can do
| Ask | Needs sign-in |
|---|---|
| Estimate how many businesses of a type a place has, with a link to collect them | No |
| Show the estimate card from the website as an image | No |
| Count matching businesses in the lists you own or your organization shares | Yes |
| Open a finished list and read its leads, without exporting a file | Yes |
| Check who already got a draft or an email, record new drafts and bounced addresses | Yes |
Good to know
- An estimate is not a list. It predicts what a new task would collect. To get the businesses, open the link your assistant gives you and create the task on ScrapePlaces; when it finishes, your assistant can read the list.
- Your assistant only sees your own lists and those your organization shares with you.
- ScrapePlaces never sends email. To draft emails, connect Gmail to your assistant separately and review each draft in Gmail before sending. See Track email outreach.
- To disconnect an assistant, choose Disconnect next to it on Connected apps in your account settings.