MCP Servers
firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server
🔥 Official Firecrawl MCP Server - Adds powerful web scraping and search to Cursor, Claude and any other LLM clients.
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From the listing
About firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server
The Firecrawl MCP Server is an open-source server that integrates web scraping and search capabilities into LLM clients like Cursor and Claude. It uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to allow LLMs to crawl and extract data from websites on demand.
Best for
Developers who want to add web search and scraping directly into their LLM-powered workflows or agents
Use cases
- Enabling LLMs to scrape and summarize web pages in real time
- Feeding structured web data into AI coding assistants for context
- Building autonomous agents that search and extract content from the web
Notes
6,933 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-07-12. Licensed MIT.
Pros
- Well-documented and popular with 6933 GitHub stars
- Works with multiple LLM clients out of the box
- Written in JavaScript for broad compatibility
Cons
- Requires running and maintaining a server instance
- Web scraping may violate some websites' terms of service
- Performance depends on network latency and target site reliability
Key facts
What we have checked
Not checked yet. Dated facts such as prices, releases and repository activity appear here once we have confirmed them from a source.
How to use
How to set it up
As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.
Install
npx -y @smithery/cli install @mendableai/mcp-server-firecrawl --client claudeTools exposed
find_tools
Clients the listing names (not checked here)
Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Continue, VS Code
Example client config
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR-API-KEY"
}
}
}
}Install
Add firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server to your client
Our lab has not run this server yet. "Config checked" on a client means the recipe matches that client's documented config format; it does not mean we ran it.
Claude Code
Config checkedRun in your terminal (remote server)
claude mcp add --transport http firecrawl-firecrawl-mcp-server https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcpClaude Desktop
Config checkedAdd to claude_desktop_config.json (runs on your computer)
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl-firecrawl-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp@3.34.1"
]
}
}
}Cursor
Config checkedAdd to .cursor/mcp.json (remote server)
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl-firecrawl-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"
}
}
}VS Code
Config checkedAdd to .vscode/mcp.json (remote server)
{
"servers": {
"firecrawl-firecrawl-mcp-server": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"
}
}
}Codex
Config checkedAdd to ~/.codex/config.toml (remote server)
[mcp_servers.firecrawl-firecrawl-mcp-server]
url = "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"ChatGPT
Config checkedFill in the Add custom MCP server form (remote server)
- Where
- ChatGPT Plugins > + > Add custom MCP server
- Name
- Firecrawl MCP Server
- Description
- Firecrawl, the context API for AI agents: search, scrape, interact with the web, plus paper search.
- Connection
- Public endpoint
- MCP server URL
https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp
Recipes come from the server's entry in the official MCP registry. Check the package name before you run it, and keep keys out of shared files.
Works with
What firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server connects to
6 clients, each with how we know and when we checked.
| Works with | Type | How we know | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRemote server, version 3.34.1Config checked | Claude Code docs |
| Claude Desktop | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 3.34.1Config checked | Claude Desktop docs |
| Cursor | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRemote server, version 3.34.1Config checked | Cursor docs |
| VS Code | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRemote server, version 3.34.1Config checked | VS Code docs |
| Codex | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRemote server, version 3.34.1Config checked | Codex docs |
| ChatGPT | Client | Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRemote server, version 3.34.1Config checked | ChatGPT docs |
Health and security
Is firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server looked after, and what do its setup files show
Security check static checks
97 out of 100
- Low The documented install uses @smithery/cli, whose published metadata points at github.com/smithery-ai/cli, not this repository. Check it is the right package before installing.
- Note Asks for FIRECRAWL_API_KEY through environment variables.
- Note The lab has not recorded this server's tool list yet, so tool permissions were not checked.
Tool permissions (1)
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY, environment variable it asks for (a secret)
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