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fix: Always clear cache when on MCP page to help with redirect issue #1801

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fix: Always clear cache when on MCP page to help with redirect issues
jirispilka Aug 15, 2025
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fix: lint
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fix: Add link to issues, start the repo
jirispilka Aug 18, 2025
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Update sources/platform/integrations/ai/mcp.md
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fix: review comments (admonition, gh stars)
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jirispilka Aug 19, 2025
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fix: move the cache invalidation to custom.js
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/fix/add-link-ui-redirect' into f…
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18 changes: 17 additions & 1 deletion apify-docs-theme/src/theme/Layout/index.jsx
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Expand Up @@ -4,13 +4,29 @@ import { useLocation } from '@docusaurus/router';
import Layout from '@docusaurus/theme-classic/lib/theme/Layout/index';
import useBaseUrl from '@docusaurus/useBaseUrl';
import { usePluginData } from '@docusaurus/useGlobalData';
import React from 'react';
import React, { useEffect } from 'react';

export default function LayoutWrapper(props) {
const { options: { subNavbar } } = usePluginData('@apify/docs-theme');
const baseUrl = useBaseUrl('/');
const currentPath = useLocation().pathname.replace(new RegExp(`^${baseUrl}`), '');

// Silent cache busting for mcp.apify.com redirects
useEffect(() => {
// Only run on the MCP documentation page
if (currentPath.includes('integrations/mcp')) {
// Always clear cache when on MCP page to help with redirect issues.
// Background: Previously, mcp.apify.com had a 301 redirect to this docs page, which was wrong.
// Many users have this redirect cached in their browsers, so they can't access the new MCP UI.
// This helps with their cached redirect, allowing them to access mcp.apify.com
fetch('https://mcp.apify.com/', { method: 'get', cache: 'reload' }).then(() => {
console.log('MCP cache cleared successfully');
}).catch((error) => {
console.warn('Failed to clear MCP cache:', error);
});
}
}, [currentPath]);

return (
<>
<Head>
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion sources/platform/integrations/ai/mcp.md
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<!-- markdownlint-disable MD024 -->

The _Apify Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server_ allows AI applications to connect to Apify’s extensive library of Actors as tools to perform web scraping, data extraction, or other automation tasks in real time.


The _Apify Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server_ allows AI applications to connect to Apify's extensive library of Actors as tools to perform web scraping, data extraction, or other automation tasks in real time.

:::tip Configure MCP Server

Configure Apify MCP server at [mcp.apify.com](https://mcp.apify.com), select Actors and tools and copy configuration to your MCP client.

:::

![Apify MCP Server](../../images/apify_mcp_server.png)

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