Lead Generation MCP Server — AI Agent Tools

An MCP server that gives AI agents a complete lead generation toolkit. Connect Claude Desktop, GPT, or any MCP-compatible client to find business leads, hiring intent data, building permits, Amazon product research, and brand monitoring — all from a single endpoint.

Keywords: MCP server, AI agent lead generation, Claude tools, GPT lead generation, MCP lead gen, AI sales tools

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What It Does

This actor runs as a persistent MCP server on Apify's infrastructure. Your AI agent sends tool calls to one endpoint and gets back structured lead data pulled from Google Maps, job boards, city permit portals, Amazon, and Perplexity AI.

Instead of building scraping pipelines yourself, describe what you need in plain language and let your AI agent handle the rest.

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Available Tools

find_business_leads

Find local businesses from Google Maps with verified emails, phone numbers, and addresses. Supports 8 business types.

Parameter	Type	Description
businessType	string	One of: Dentist, Restaurant, Contractor, Lawyer, Real Estate Agent, Auto Dealer, Wedding Vendor, Financial Advisor
location	string	City and state, e.g. "Austin, TX"
maxResults	number	Max leads to return (default: 10)

Example input: { "businessType": "Dentist", "location": "Chicago, IL", "maxResults": 20 }

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find_hiring_companies

Find companies actively posting jobs for a specific role. Uses hiring activity as a buying signal to surface decision-maker contacts at companies that are currently spending.

Parameter	Type	Description
jobTitle	string	Role to search for, e.g. "VP of Marketing"
location	string	City and state, e.g. "San Francisco, CA"
maxResults	number	Max companies to return (default: 10)

Example input: { "jobTitle": "Sales Development Representative", "location": "New York, NY", "maxResults": 15 }

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find_building_permits

Pull recent building permits from city open-data portals. Ideal for contractors and home-service businesses looking for properties with active renovations.

Parameter	Type	Description
city	string	One of: chicago, los_angeles, nyc, austin, seattle, san_francisco
permitType	string	One of: all, roofing, hvac, plumbing, electrical, remodel, new_construction
maxResults	number	Max permits to return (default: 20)

Example input: { "city": "austin", "permitType": "roofing", "maxResults": 25 }

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research_amazon_products

Look up Amazon products by ASIN. Returns BSR rank, price, review count, rating, seller count, and FBA status. Useful for competitive research and identifying market gaps.

Parameter	Type	Description
asins	string[]	List of Amazon ASINs
marketplace	string	Amazon domain (default: amazon.com)

Example input: { "asins": ["B08N5WRWNW", "B07ZPKN6YR"], "marketplace": "amazon.com" }

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monitor_brand_in_ai

Check how often a brand appears in Perplexity AI search results. Track share-of-voice against competitors across any set of search prompts.

Parameter	Type	Description
brands	string[]	Brand names to track. Use "BrandName (domain.com)" format for citation detection.
prompts	string[]	Search queries to run, e.g. "best CRM software for small business"

Example input: { "brands": ["HubSpot (hubspot.com)", "Salesforce (salesforce.com)"], "prompts": ["best CRM for startups", "top sales tools 2025"] }

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Connect from Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lead-gen": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://YOUR-ACTOR-STANDBY-URL/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

To get your standby URL:

1. Open this actor in Apify Console
2. Go to the Standby tab
3. Copy the base URL and append /mcp

After restarting Claude Desktop, it will have access to all 5 lead generation tools. You can ask directly: "Find 10 dentist leads in Dallas, TX" and Claude will call the tool and return structured results.

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Connect from Other MCP Clients

This server uses the MCP Streamable HTTP transport. The endpoint accepts POST requests at:

https://YOUR-ACTOR-STANDBY-URL/mcp

Pass your Apify API token in the request header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN

Compatible clients include:

• Cursor — add a remote MCP server in Settings > MCP
• Windsurf — configure via mcp_config.json
• LangChain / LlamaIndex — use any MCP adapter supporting HTTP transport
• Custom agents — call the endpoint directly using MCP JSON-RPC

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Example Agent Prompts

Once connected, your AI agent can handle requests like:

• "Find 20 contractor leads in Seattle who might need HVAC work. Pull their emails and phone numbers."
• "Which companies in Austin are hiring sales reps right now? Get me their decision-maker contacts."
• "Find all roofing permits filed in Chicago in the last 30 days."
• "Look up these ASINs and tell me which product has the best BSR rank: B08N5WRWNW, B07ZPKN6YR."
• "Check whether our brand appears in Perplexity results for 'best email marketing tool' compared to Mailchimp and Klaviyo."
• "Build me a list of 50 dentist leads across Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix and format them as a CSV."

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Pricing

$0.05 per tool call.

Each successful tool invocation is billed at a flat $0.05 regardless of how many leads are returned. No monthly minimums, no subscription — pay only for what you use.

The underlying lead-scraper actors that this server orchestrates run on your Apify account and are billed separately at their own per-result rates. See each individual actor's page for details.

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Related Actors

This server orchestrates the following actors in the samstorm portfolio:

• Dentist Lead Scraper
• Restaurant Lead Scraper
• Contractor Lead Scraper
• Lawyer Lead Scraper
• Real Estate Lead Scraper
• Auto Dealer Lead Scraper
• Wedding Vendor Lead Scraper
• Financial Advisor Lead Scraper
• Hiring Intent Lead Scraper
• Building Permit Lead Scraper