Firecrawl MCP Server

What you can do with Firecrawl MCP Server

Firecrawl MCP Server brings the Firecrawl API to agents: search the web, scrape URLs into structured data or markdown, map and crawl sites, run research agents, monitor pages and interact with pages one turn at a time.

• ·Scrape one URL into markdown or structured data
• ·Search the web and read result content
• ·Map a site's URLs or crawl it
• ·Click, type and navigate a page via firecrawl_interact
• ·Parse documents and search research papers
• ·Create monitors that re-check pages

What Firecrawl MCP Server can and cannot do

What you need before using Firecrawl MCP Server

Runtime

None for the hosted endpoint; Node.js with npx (npx -y firecrawl-mcp) or Docker ghcr.io/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server for local

Credentials

FIRECRAWL_API_KEY for the cloud API (default); OAuth or keyless rate-limited tier on the hosted server

Payment

Metered by Firecrawl credits (search costs 2 credits); plan requirement not stated

Also needed

Self-hosted Firecrawl via FIRECRAWL_API_URL

Connect Firecrawl MCP Server and confirm it works

1. Hosted: add https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp as an HTTP server (keyless, rate-limited) or https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp-oauth for OAuth; with a key send Authorization: Bearer <FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>
2. Local: add command npx with args ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"] and FIRECRAWL_API_KEY in env
3. Never put the API key in the server URL

claude mcp add --transport http firecrawl-mcp-server https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp

claude mcp add firecrawl-mcp-server -e "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=<your FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>" -- npx -y firecrawl-mcp

[mcp_servers.firecrawl-mcp-server]
url = "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"

[mcp_servers.firecrawl-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"]

[mcp_servers.firecrawl-mcp-server.env]
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY = "<your FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>"

https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "servers": {
    "firecrawl-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "firecrawl-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "firecrawl-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "<your FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl-mcp-server": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

When to choose another server

• Apify MCP Server#14

  You want ready-made scrapers for specific sites (social media, maps, e-commerce) from Apify Store.

• Brightdata MCP#107

  You need a remote browser session with unblocking and CAPTCHA solving.

• Scrapling MCP Server#15

  You want a free local scraper with a stealth browser and no API credits.

Compared side by side in Browser automation MCP servers.

• Fireround MCP Server#14,376

What changed, and when this was checked

First listed

Jul 3, 2025

Latest version published

Oct 16, 2026

Version history

38 versions tracked (below)

Requirements evidence

MCP Toplist probed the public endpoint on Oct 10, 2026 and could not complete the MCP handshake (jsonrpc error). Requirements remain unverified.

Profile checked

Oct 9, 2026 against README

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Oct 16, 2026

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