MCP + REST API · Agent-Ready

The Business Intelligence Data Layer

ScoutLayer collects and normalizes structured data from app marketplaces, websites, ads libraries, ecommerce stores, social media, and more. Clean JSON, ready for AI agents and competitive pipelines.

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App Marketplace (Shopify) — Live·Websites · Ads Libraries · Ecommerce Stores · and more — coming soon

AI agents need facts, not links

Search APIs return URLs. Crawlers return pages. ScoutLayer returns normalized, structured data — from app marketplaces to pricing pages — that your agent can use directly.

Search APIs

✕URLs
✕Snippets
✕SERP context
✕Agent still has to parse

Crawlers

✕HTML / markdown
✕Page content
✕Extraction needed
✕Brittle schemas

ScoutLayer

Structured app data
Rankings, reviews, pricing
Typed JSON / MCP tools
Ready-to-use facts

Coverage

Starting with App Marketplaces. Expanding from there.

One API key, one JSON schema. Each new data layer is a drop-in — no migration needed when new sources go live.

Live now

App Marketplace

Shopify App Store

8,000+ apps. Full coverage of listings, rankings, reviews, pricing tiers, developer profiles, and related apps — updated regularly.

app listingsrankings & chartsreviews & ratingspricing tiersdeveloper inforelated appscategory datainstall counts

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On the roadmap

WebsitesAds LibrariesEcommerce StoresSocial MediaSERP / SEODomainsLanding PagesPricing PagesTech StackReviewsTraffic Signals

Use Cases

What you can build with ScoutLayer

AI market research agents

Connect ScoutLayer via MCP and let your agent query live app store data, reviews, and pricing in a single tool call.

Competitor monitoring

Daily snapshots of any app's ranking, pricing, and reviews. Know when competitors change before anyone else does.

App ranking dashboards

Track every competitor in your category — ranking position, review velocity, and pricing tier changes all from one API call.

Category research

Analyze entire app categories in minutes. Pull hundreds of apps worth of reviews, pricing, and features. Real market data, no surveys.

Pricing intelligence

Get notified the moment a competitor updates their app pricing. Know what changed — plan names, prices, features — before your next call.

Lead discovery

Find every app and developer in your target Shopify category. Structured listing data and growth signals for outreach, partnership, or competitive mapping.

Agent-Native

MCP tools for market-aware agents

Connect ScoutLayer to your agent stack and let agents query live marketplace data through structured tool calls.

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mcp tool call

{
  "tool": "find_marketplace_apps",
  "arguments": {
    "marketplace": "shopify",
    "category": "email_marketing",
    "include": [
      "pricing",
      "reviews",
      "competitors",
      "growth_signals"
    ]
  }
}

Developer Experience

Clean JSON. Stable schemas. One API key.

Raw structured data — not a dashboard, not a report generator. REST API, MCP tools, n8n, Apify, and CSV export. No scraper maintenance.

REST API

Versioned JSON endpoints. One HTTP call from any language or framework — curl, Python, TypeScript, Go.

GET /v1/apps/search?q=klaviyo

AI-Native

MCP Tools

One config line connects ScoutLayer to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible agent.

npx @scoutlayer/mcp

No-Code

n8n · Apify · CSV

Native integrations for automation workflows. Export results as CSV with zero code.

↓ shopify_apps_2026-06-04.csv

bash

curl "https://api.scoutlayer.io/v1/apps/search?q=klaviyo&marketplace=shopify" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCOUTLAYER_API_KEY"

Alternatives

Purpose-built for structured business intelligence data

Alternative	Good for	ScoutLayer gives you
Search APIs	finding links	structured marketplace fields
Crawlers	extracting pages	normalized app data
Apify actors	one-off scrapers	unified API and schemas
CI tools	reports	raw data layer
DIY scrapers	control	maintained collection and parsing

What People Say

Trusted by teams tracking competitors at scale

“We replaced three internal scrapers with ScoutLayer in under a week. The Shopify app ranking data is exactly what our competitive dashboard needed.”

Sarah K.

Head of Product · E-commerce SaaS

“The competitor pricing extraction alone saves us 10+ hours per month. Clean typed JSON makes it trivial to push straight into our data warehouse.”

Marcus T.

Senior Data Engineer · Growth-stage startup

“Our AI agent now queries competitor data through the MCP server. What used to need a Python script now happens in a single tool call.”

Priya M.

AI Product Lead · B2B SaaS

“We used ScoutLayer to analyze 600+ apps in the Shopify marketing category in one afternoon. Getting the full dataset snapshot saved our team weeks of manual collection.”

James L.

Head of Data · B2B analytics startup

“We track 200+ Shopify stores for installed apps and pricing changes. Before ScoutLayer this was a full-time job. Now it's a daily cron.”

Anna R.

Competitive Intelligence · Martech startup

“We pull review data for 300+ Shopify apps daily and get alerted when a competitor's rating drops. It's become a core part of our go-to-market workflow.”

David C.

Head of Growth · E-commerce SaaS

Pricing

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1 credit = 1 data request · All marketplaces included

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Frequently Asked Questions

What data does ScoutLayer cover right now?

ScoutLayer currently covers the Shopify App Store — app listings, rankings, reviews, pricing tiers, developer profiles, and related apps. We're actively building out more data layers: websites, ads libraries, ecommerce stores, social media, SERP/SEO, domains, landing pages, pricing pages, tech stack, reviews, and traffic signals. Same API key and JSON schema as each layer goes live.

Is this a competitor intelligence tool?

ScoutLayer is a data API, not a dashboard or report generator. It gives you the raw structured data layer so you can build the tools you want — agents, dashboards, CI reports, or internal pipelines.

How is this different from crawlers?

Crawlers return raw HTML or markdown — your agent still has to parse and extract. ScoutLayer returns typed JSON with normalized fields (rankings, reviews, pricing) that are ready to use with no parsing step.

How is this different from search APIs?

Search APIs return URLs and snippets. Your agent still has to visit pages and extract facts. ScoutLayer returns the structured facts directly — app rankings, review counts, pricing tiers — in a single call.

Is it built for AI agents?

Yes. ScoutLayer exposes an MCP server so any MCP-compatible agent (Claude, Cursor, etc.) can query live marketplace data through structured tool calls. One config line and your agent has access to all data types.

Can I request custom sources?

Yes. If you need coverage for a marketplace or source not yet supported, contact us. We prioritize based on demand.

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Start building with ScoutLayer

Shopify App Store data live today — 8,000+ apps, rankings, reviews, and pricing as clean JSON. More data layers coming.

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