Marketing Automation
Lobstr MCP connector
The Lobstr connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client start crawlers, queue tasks, check runs, and download results from your Lobstr account through Elaichi, with each person signed in as themselves.
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How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.
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One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.
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Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.
42 tools
How to connect
How to connect Lobstr to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
Two steps, about a minute.
In Elaichi
Connect Lobstr once
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Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Lobstr.
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Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.
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Paste a Lobstr API key. One person generates a token in Lobstr and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.
The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.
Add connection
Choose a connector.
In your AI client
Point it at one endpoint
Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.
Connect Lobstr to Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Connect Lobstr to ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Connect Lobstr to Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.
Connect Lobstr to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
Use cases
What teams do with Lobstr through Elaichi
Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.
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Sales
Queue a fresh lead list before Monday
Ask for a new squid on the Google Maps or LinkedIn crawler, hand it the search URLs as tasks, and start the run so the results are waiting when the team logs in.
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Marketing
Check whether last night's run finished
Ask how a run went, see how many results it collected and how many credits it used, and grab the download without opening Lobstr.
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Growth
Add new targets to an existing squid
Paste a handful of URLs or search pages and have them added as tasks to the squid that is already set up, then kick off a run.
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Operations
Keep an eye on the credit balance
Ask what the account balance is and which recent runs spent the most credits, so nobody discovers an empty balance the morning a campaign starts.
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Research
Find the right crawler for a source
Ask which crawlers are available in Lobstr and what parameters each one takes before committing to a new squid.
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Data
Tidy up finished squids and stale tasks
List the squids and tasks the team no longer needs and remove them, with every deletion recorded against the person who asked.
Try asking
- “Which Lobstr crawlers created the most tasks this week?”
- “Create a Lobstr squid for the pricing page crawler.”
- “Show tasks from every Lobstr squid paused since Monday.”
AI tools
Lobstr tools for your AI agents
42 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Lobstr, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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See it in Elaichi
What connecting Lobstr gets you
6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Lobstr account.
The agent
Ask about Lobstr crawlers in plain language.
Answers come from live Lobstr squids, tasks and crawler runs, not stale exports.
- crawlers
- squids
- tasks
- plants
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Which Lobstr crawlers created the most tasks this week?
Create a Lobstr squid for the pricing page crawler.
Show tasks from every Lobstr squid paused since Monday.
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
MCP clients
Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor reach Lobstr here.
One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK work and no shared API key.
ElaichiMCP clientsClaude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Copy the endpoint
Tool catalog
42 Lobstr tools are ready to call.
Crawlers, squids, tasks, plants and balances are covered without custom code.
- List all Lobstr plants
- Create a Lobstr plant
- Delete a Lobstr plant by ID
- List all Lobstr user
ElaichiToolsToolboxes
Every team gets its own Lobstr toolbox.
Growth, data and support each see the Lobstr tools their work needs.
- Growth
- Data
- Marketing Ops
- Support
ElaichiToolboxesShared connections
Teammates run Lobstr squids without a credential.
Each Lobstr connection shows who linked it and which teams and members share it.
- Growth EMEA
- Marketing
- Data Team
- Support
ElaichiConnectionsAudit log
Every Lobstr call is written down.
When, who, what happened, type and resource for each Lobstr crawler or task.
- When
- Who
- What happened
- Type
ElaichiAudit logLaunching soon
From answering questions to doing the work
A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.
Automations
A schedule drafts your Lobstr digest.
Fetch tasks, group them, draft a digest, get approval, post back to Lobstr.
Lobstr digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent
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Schedule
Every weekday at 08:00
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Fetch crawlers
Lobstr
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Michael Brennan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Lobstr
Queued
Collections and dashboards
Lobstr crawler health, counted every morning.
Four metrics, 14 days of squids created and a breakdown by team.
Lobstr health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the crawlers collection
Crawlers
1,284 ↓ 12%
Squids
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Crawlers created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Growth EMEA 34%
Marketing 27%
Data Team 21%
Support 18%
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I connect Lobstr to Claude?
First connect Lobstr in Elaichi: you paste the API key from your Lobstr account settings, and that is the whole sign-in step, with no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude signs you into Elaichi, and from then on it can work with your Lobstr crawlers, squids, tasks, and runs.
Does Lobstr work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once Lobstr is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Lobstr once and every client you use picks it up.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Lobstr data?
It can list the crawlers available in Lobstr and their parameters, create or update squids, add tasks such as URLs or search pages, start runs, and report on how a run went, including results collected, credits spent, and the download. It can also check your account balance and remove squids, tasks, or runs you no longer need. Because Lobstr exposes a long list of actions, short concrete asks like "start a run on the Paris restaurants squid" work better than long paragraphs.
Does connecting Lobstr give the AI everything in my account?
No. Every call runs inside the access of the person who signed in, so the agent only sees the Lobstr squids, runs, and balance that person can already see in Lobstr. Elaichi can narrow that further with restrictions, and it can never widen it beyond what the Lobstr account allows.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Lobstr?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading crawlers and runs while blocking the deletion of squids, tasks, or runs in Lobstr. A blocked action is never advertised to the AI client at all, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it.
What happens to a Lobstr connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Lobstr through every client at once. If they connected Lobstr and shared it with a team, the shared connection keeps working for everyone else. When you do want Lobstr gone, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client together.
Put Lobstr in front of your team
Fourteen days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.