firecrawl-mcp-server

Overview

The Firecrawl MCP Server is a robust implementation that enables AI agents to search the web, scrape any URL into clean structured data, and interact with pages through clicking, navigation, and automation. It offers both cloud and self-hosted deployment options with automatic retries and rate limiting. The server supports SSE (Server-Sent Events) for real-time data streaming and provides multiple tools including scrape, batch_scrape, map, crawl, search, agent, and browser automation capabilities.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 5 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• firecrawl_scrape

  Scrape content from a single URL with advanced options.

  Try:Get the product details from https://example.com/productTry:Scrape https://news.example.com and extract the headlines
• interact

  Interact with a scraped page (click, type, navigate).

  Try:Click the login button on the page I just scrapedTry:Fill out the form on https://example.com/contact
• batch_scrape

  Scrape multiple known URLs efficiently.

  Try:Scrape these URLs: https://example.com/page1, https://example.com/page2Try:Extract product information from multiple product pages
• map

  Discover URLs on a site.

  Try:Map all product pages on https://example.comTry:Find all blog posts on https://blog.example.com
• crawl

  Multi-page extraction from a site with limits.

  Try:Crawl https://example.com/blog to extract all articlesTry:Extract all product information from https://shop.example.com
• search

  Web search for information.

  Try:Search for recent developments in AITry:Find the latest news about climate change
• agent

  Complex multi-source research with autonomous agent.

  Try:Research the pros and cons of remote workTry:Find information about the best restaurants in Paris
• browser

  Interactive multi-step automation (deprecated).

  Try:Open a browser session and navigate to https://example.comTry:Perform a complex web automation task

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Installation

env FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-YOUR_API_KEY npx -y firecrawl-mcp

npm install -g firecrawl-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-firecrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

What is required to use the Firecrawl MCP Server?

You need a Firecrawl API key which can be obtained from https://www.firecrawl.dev/app/api-keys. For self-hosted instances, you can set FIRECRAWL_API_URL to your custom endpoint.

Can I use this server with different LLM clients?

Yes, the Firecrawl MCP Server is designed to work with any MCP-compatible AI clients including Cursor, Claude, and others. Configuration instructions are provided for multiple platforms.

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