Claude Code

Claude Code has built-in support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing it to securely connect to external tools such as the Geonode Scraper API.

Once configured, Claude can automatically extract webpages, crawl websites, process multiple URLs, and retrieve structured content using natural language prompts.

Step 1 — Open your terminal

Open your terminal and verify that Claude Code is installed.

Launch Claude Code by running:

claude

If Claude Code starts successfully, you're ready to configure the Geonode MCP server.

Step 2 — Register the Geonode MCP Server

Run the following command to register the Geonode MCP server with Claude Code.

claude mcp add \
  --transport http \
  geonode-scraper \
  https://scraper.geonode.io/mcp \
  --header "X-Api-Key:YOUR_API_KEY"

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your Geonode API key.

Claude Code saves this configuration locally and automatically registers the MCP server.

Step 3 — Verify the Connection

To verify that the server has been registered successfully, run:

claude mcp list

You should see output similar to:

geonode-scraper: https://scraper.geonode.io/mcp (HTTP) - Connected

If the status is Connected, Claude Code can communicate with the Geonode MCP server.

Step 4 — Start Claude Code

Launch Claude Code.

claude

Claude automatically loads all configured MCP servers when it starts.

Step 5 — Use Geonode with Natural Language

You don't need to manually invoke MCP tools.

Simply describe the task, and Claude automatically chooses the appropriate Geonode MCP tool.

Extract a web page

Extract the content from https://geonode.com

Summarize a page

Read https://geonode.com and summarize the homepage.

Crawl a documentation website

Crawl https://docs.geonode.com and tell me what documentation sections exist.

Process multiple pages

Extract these URLs and summarize each page.

https://example.com/page1
https://example.com/page2
https://example.com/page3

Check extraction statistics

Show my Geonode extraction statistics.

Claude automatically calls the appropriate MCP tool, waits for the response, and presents the results directly in the conversation.

How Claude Code Uses MCP

When you submit a prompt, Claude analyzes your request and automatically selects the correct Geonode MCP tool.

There is no need to manually select or invoke MCP tools. Claude Code handles tool selection, parameter mapping, execution, and result processing automatically.

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