MCP Web Search & Scrape in Factory AI

Add web scraping and search capabilities to Factory AI with Firecrawl MCP.

Quick Setup

1. Get Your API Key

Sign up at firecrawl.dev/app and copy your API key.

2. Install Factory AI CLI

Install the Factory AI CLI if you haven’t already:

macOS/Linux:

curl -fsSL https://app.factory.ai/cli | sh

Windows:

iwr https://app.factory.ai/cli/install.ps1 -useb | iex

3. Add Firecrawl MCP Server

In the Factory droid CLI, add Firecrawl using the /mcp add command:

/mcp add firecrawl "npx -y [email protected]" -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Replace your-api-key-here with your actual Firecrawl API key.

4. Done!

The Firecrawl tools are now available in your Factory AI session!

Quick Demo

Try these in Factory AI:

Search the web:

Search for the latest Next.js 15 features

Scrape a page:

Scrape firecrawl.dev and tell me what it does

Get documentation:

Find and scrape the Stripe API docs for payment intents

Factory will automatically use Firecrawl’s search and scrape tools to get the information.