Firecrawl
VerifiedBrings Firecrawl web scraping and search to MCP AI agents.
What is the Firecrawl MCP server?
This official MCP server exposes Firecrawl functionality for clean, agent-ready web context. It handles search, scraping, page interactions, and deep research while managing rate limits and retries automatically.
Users can run it via npx with an API key or configure it in editors like Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf. SSE and Streamable HTTP modes are also supported for flexible deployments.
Install & connect
Add this to your MCP client config. Pick your client below and copy.
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
]
}
}
}Package: firecrawl-mcp (npm)
Other ways to install
npx
npx -y firecrawl-mcpExample prompts
Once connected, try asking your AI client:
Security & permissions
Requires a Firecrawl API key passed via the FIRECRAWL_API_KEY environment variable. Runs locally via stdio or HTTP and sends requests to Firecrawl's cloud or self-hosted endpoints.
What you can do with Firecrawl
Web Research
Perform autonomous deep research by searching and scraping multiple sources for comprehensive answers.
Data Extraction
Scrape any URL to obtain clean structured data suitable for analysis or further processing.
Page Automation
Interact with live web pages by clicking, navigating, and performing actions within the agent workflow.
How to use Firecrawl
- 1Obtain a Firecrawl API key from firecrawl.dev
- 2Install via npx with the API key in the environment
- 3Add the server configuration to your client (Cursor, VS Code, etc.)
- 4Restart the client and refresh the MCP server list
- 5Use prompts that involve web search or scraping to invoke the tools
Firecrawl: pros & cons
Pros
- +Official integration with robust retry and rate-limiting logic
- +Supports multiple transports including stdio and Streamable HTTP
- +Works across popular editors like Cursor and VS Code
- +Enables autonomous deep research beyond simple scraping
Cons
- –Requires a paid or free-tier Firecrawl API key
- –Tool names and parameters are not documented in the README
- –Depends on external Firecrawl service availability
Frequently asked questions
Yes, the FIRECRAWL_API_KEY environment variable must be set to run the server.
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