io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server

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@mendableai/mcp-server-firecrawl

MCP server for Firecrawl web scraping, structured data extraction and web search integration.

6.4k 34 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

No license

Actively maintained

Last commit 2d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

34 tools · ~1.0k tok

Grade B · 0.5% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

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Is io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server safe to use?: io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server?: io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server do?: io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server provides 34 tools: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY, FIRECRAWL_API_URL, FIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS, FIRECRAWL_RETRY_INITIAL_DELAY, FIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_DELAY and 29 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server?: io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server actively maintained?: io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server is actively maintained — last commit was 2 days ago. It has 6,393 GitHub stars.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server safe to use?

io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server?

io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server do?

io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server provides 34 tools: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY, FIRECRAWL_API_URL, FIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS, FIRECRAWL_RETRY_INITIAL_DELAY, FIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_DELAY and 29 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server?

io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server actively maintained?

io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server is actively maintained — last commit was 2 days ago. It has 6,393 GitHub stars.