# Firecrawl MCP (/mcp-server)

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Related: [Build with AI](/ai-onboarding.md), [Interact after scraping](/features/interact.md)

Firecrawl MCP gives AI clients access to live web data through the Model Context Protocol. It is available as a hosted service or as an open-source local server.

## Start here [#start-here]

Choose the connection mode that matches where Firecrawl will run. The hosted routes are credential-free URLs: credentials belong in the OAuth flow or an Authorization header, never in the URL itself.

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  <Card title="Connect an account" icon="<svg xmlns=&#x22;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#x22; viewBox=&#x22;0 0 24 24&#x22; fill=&#x22;none&#x22;><path d=&#x22;M17 8.5C17 5.73858 14.7614 3.5 12 3.5C9.23858 3.5 7 5.73858 7 8.5C7 11.2614 9.23858 13.5 12 13.5C14.7614 13.5 17 11.2614 17 8.5Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M19 20.5C19 16.634 15.866 13.5 12 13.5C8.13401 13.5 5 16.634 5 20.5&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/></svg>" href="/mcp-server/connect">
    Use browser-based OAuth for an interactive MCP client and the full Firecrawl tool surface.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run unattended" icon="<svg xmlns=&#x22;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#x22; viewBox=&#x22;0 0 24 24&#x22; fill=&#x22;none&#x22;><path d=&#x22;M19 4H5C4.06812 4 3.60218 4 3.23463 4.15224C2.74458 4.35523 2.35523 4.74458 2.15224 5.23463C2 5.60218 2 6.06812 2 7C2 7.93188 2 8.39782 2.15224 8.76537C2.35523 9.25542 2.74458 9.64477 3.23463 9.84776C3.60218 10 4.06812 10 5 10H19C19.9319 10 20.3978 10 20.7654 9.84776C21.2554 9.64477 21.6448 9.25542 21.8478 8.76537C22 8.39782 22 7.93188 22 7C22 6.06812 22 5.60218 21.8478 5.23463C21.6448 4.74458 21.2554 4.35523 20.7654 4.15224C20.3978 4 19.9319 4 19 4Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M19 14H5C4.06812 14 3.60218 14 3.23463 14.1522C2.74458 14.3552 2.35523 14.7446 2.15224 15.2346C2 15.6022 2 16.0681 2 17C2 17.9319 2 18.3978 2.15224 18.7654C2.35523 19.2554 2.74458 19.6448 3.23463 19.8478C3.60218 20 4.06812 20 5 20H19C19.9319 20 20.3978 20 20.7654 19.8478C21.2554 19.6448 21.6448 19.2554 21.8478 18.7654C22 18.3978 22 17.9319 22 17C22 16.0681 22 15.6022 21.8478 15.2346C21.6448 14.7446 21.2554 14.3552 20.7654 14.1522C20.3978 14 19.9319 14 19 14Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M6.125 7H6M6.25 7C6.25 7.13807 6.13807 7.25 6 7.25C5.86193 7.25 5.75 7.13807 5.75 7C5.75 6.86193 5.86193 6.75 6 6.75C6.13807 6.75 6.25 6.86193 6.25 7Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M10.125 7H10M10.25 7C10.25 7.13807 10.1381 7.25 10 7.25C9.86193 7.25 9.75 7.13807 9.75 7C9.75 6.86193 9.86193 6.75 10 6.75C10.1381 6.75 10.25 6.86193 10.25 7Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M6.125 17H6M6.25 17C6.25 17.1381 6.13807 17.25 6 17.25C5.86193 17.25 5.75 17.1381 5.75 17C5.75 16.8619 5.86193 16.75 6 16.75C6.13807 16.75 6.25 16.8619 6.25 17Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M10.125 17H10M10.25 17C10.25 17.1381 10.1381 17.25 10 17.25C9.86193 17.25 9.75 17.1381 9.75 17C9.75 16.8619 9.86193 16.75 10 16.75C10.1381 16.75 10.25 16.8619 10.25 17Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/></svg>" href="/mcp-server/connect#run-unattended">
    Use `/v2/mcp` with a Firecrawl API key in an Authorization header for CI, servers, and scripts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Try keyless MCP" icon="<svg xmlns=&#x22;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#x22; viewBox=&#x22;0 0 24 24&#x22; fill=&#x22;none&#x22;><path d=&#x22;M15 2L15.5387 4.39157C15.9957 6.42015 17.5798 8.00431 19.6084 8.46127L22 9L19.6084 9.53873C17.5798 9.99569 15.9957 11.5798 15.5387 13.6084L15 16L14.4613 13.6084C14.0043 11.5798 12.4202 9.99569 10.3916 9.53873L8 9L10.3916 8.46127C12.4201 8.00431 14.0043 6.42015 14.4613 4.39158L15 2Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M7 12L7.38481 13.7083C7.71121 15.1572 8.84275 16.2888 10.2917 16.6152L12 17L10.2917 17.3848C8.84275 17.7112 7.71121 18.8427 7.38481 20.2917L7 22L6.61519 20.2917C6.28879 18.8427 5.15725 17.7112 3.70827 17.3848L2 17L3.70827 16.6152C5.15725 16.2888 6.28879 15.1573 6.61519 13.7083L7 12Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/></svg>" href="/mcp-server/connect#try-keyless">
    Start without an API key on the rate-limited Search, Scrape, and Parse surface.
  </Card>
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## Learn more [#learn-more]

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  <Card title="Client setup" icon="<svg xmlns=&#x22;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#x22; viewBox=&#x22;0 0 24 24&#x22; fill=&#x22;none&#x22;><path d=&#x22;M8 7L16 7&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M8 11L12 11&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M13 21.5V21C13 18.1716 13 16.7574 13.8787 15.8787C14.7574 15 16.1716 15 19 15H19.5M20 13.3431V10C20 6.22876 20 4.34315 18.8284 3.17157C17.6569 2 15.7712 2 12 2C8.22877 2 6.34315 2 5.17157 3.17157C4 4.34314 4 6.22876 4 10L4 14.5442C4 17.7892 4 19.4117 4.88607 20.5107C5.06508 20.7327 5.26731 20.9349 5.48933 21.1139C6.58831 22 8.21082 22 11.4558 22C12.1614 22 12.5141 22 12.8372 21.886C12.9044 21.8623 12.9702 21.835 13.0345 21.8043C13.3436 21.6564 13.593 21.407 14.0919 20.9081L18.8284 16.1716C19.4065 15.5935 19.6955 15.3045 19.8478 14.9369C20 14.5694 20 14.1606 20 13.3431Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/></svg>" href="/mcp-server/clients">
    Configure Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, n8n, and other clients.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run locally" icon="<svg xmlns=&#x22;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#x22; viewBox=&#x22;0 0 24 24&#x22; fill=&#x22;none&#x22;><path d=&#x22;M4.00004 17C4.00004 17 9.99999 12.5811 10 11C10 9.41884 4 5 4 5&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M12 19H20&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/></svg>" href="/mcp-server/local">
    Install the open-source MCP server and configure a local or self-hosted deployment.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tools and operations" icon="<svg xmlns=&#x22;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#x22; viewBox=&#x22;0 0 24 24&#x22; fill=&#x22;none&#x22;><path d=&#x22;M20.3584 13.3567C19.1689 14.546 16.9308 14.4998 13.4992 14.4998C11.2914 14.4998 9.50138 12.7071 9.50024 10.4993C9.50024 7.07001 9.454 4.83065 10.6435 3.64138C11.8329 2.45212 12.3583 2.50027 17.6274 2.50027C18.1366 2.49809 18.3929 3.11389 18.0329 3.47394L15.3199 6.18714C14.6313 6.87582 14.6294 7.99233 15.3181 8.68092C16.0068 9.36952 17.1234 9.36959 17.8122 8.68109L20.5259 5.96855C20.886 5.60859 21.5019 5.86483 21.4997 6.37395C21.4997 11.6422 21.5479 12.1675 20.3584 13.3567Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M13.5 14.5L7.32842 20.6716C6.22386 21.7761 4.433 21.7761 3.32843 20.6716C2.22386 19.567 2.22386 17.7761 3.32843 16.6716L9.5 10.5&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M5.50896 18.5H5.5&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;2&#x22;/></svg>" href="/mcp-server/tools">
    Review Firecrawl MCP tools, rate limits, logging, and error handling.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Develop Firecrawl MCP" icon="<svg xmlns=&#x22;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#x22; viewBox=&#x22;0 0 24 24&#x22; fill=&#x22;none&#x22;><path d=&#x22;M8 7L16 7&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M8 11L12 11&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/><path d=&#x22;M13 21.5V21C13 18.1716 13 16.7574 13.8787 15.8787C14.7574 15 16.1716 15 19 15H19.5M20 13.3431V10C20 6.22876 20 4.34315 18.8284 3.17157C17.6569 2 15.7712 2 12 2C8.22877 2 6.34315 2 5.17157 3.17157C4 4.34314 4 6.22876 4 10L4 14.5442C4 17.7892 4 19.4117 4.88607 20.5107C5.06508 20.7327 5.26731 20.9349 5.48933 21.1139C6.58831 22 8.21082 22 11.4558 22C12.1614 22 12.5141 22 12.8372 21.886C12.9044 21.8623 12.9702 21.835 13.0345 21.8043C13.3436 21.6564 13.593 21.407 14.0919 20.9081L18.8284 16.1716C19.4065 15.5935 19.6955 15.3045 19.8478 14.9369C20 14.5694 20 14.1606 20 13.3431Z&#x22; stroke=&#x22;currentColor&#x22; stroke-linecap=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-linejoin=&#x22;round&#x22; stroke-width=&#x22;1.5&#x22;/></svg>" href="/mcp-server/development">
    Build, test, and contribute to the open-source server.
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<Note>
  For the current keyless allowance and rate limits, see [Rate limits](/rate-limits#keyless-no-api-key). For broader agent onboarding, see [Build with AI](/ai-onboarding).
</Note>