Setup
- Copy your API key from Dashboard Settings > API & Monitoring
- Add the following configuration to your AI client’s settings file:
OpenClaw users: You can runopenclaw mcp set site-spy npx -y @site-spy/mcp-serveror add it to youropenclaw.yamlfile instead.
- Restart your AI client — Site Spy tools appear automatically
Configuration file locations
Available tools
Read tools (all plans)
Write tools (Starter and above)
AI tools (Pro and above)
Plan limits
MCP access follows the same plan limits as the REST API:Example usage
Once connected, you can ask your AI assistant things like:- “What changed on my watches recently?”
- “Start monitoring https://example.com/pricing for price changes”
- “Show me the diff for my Amazon watch”
- “Summarize the latest change on my competitor’s site”
- “Recheck all my watches”
Troubleshooting
- “Not authenticated” errors — Make sure
SITE_SPY_API_KEYis set correctly in the config. You can verify by asking the assistant to runauth_status. - Tools not appearing — Restart your AI client after adding the config. Ensure
npxis available (requires Node.js 18+). - “Write access required” errors — Free plan has read-only MCP access. Upgrade to Starter or above for write operations.
- “Pro plan required” errors — The
get_ai_summarytool requires Pro or Business plan.

