MCP Web Search & Scrape in Cursor

Add web scraping and search capabilities to Cursor with Firecrawl MCP.

Quick Setup

2. Add to Cursor

Open Settings (Cmd+,), search for “MCP”, and add:

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

Replace your_api_key_here with your actual Firecrawl API key.

3. Restart Cursor

Done! You can now search and scrape the web from Cursor.

Quick Demo

Try these in Cursor Chat (Cmd+K):

Search:

Search for TypeScript best practices 2025

Scrape:

Scrape firecrawl.dev and tell me what it does

Get docs:

Scrape the React hooks documentation and explain useEffect

Cursor will automatically use Firecrawl tools.

Windows Troubleshooting

If you see a spawn npx ENOENT or “No server info found” error on Windows, Cursor cannot find npx in your PATH. Try one of these fixes:

Option A: Use the full path to npx.cmd

Run where npx in Command Prompt to get the full path, then update your config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\npx.cmd",
      "args": ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the command path with the output from where npx.

Option B: Use the remote hosted URL (no Node.js required)

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

This configuration uses the keyless Firecrawl toolset. For an account-connected or unattended setup, follow the hosted MCP connection modes; keep API keys in an Authorization header or secure-secret store, never in a URL.

Replace YOUR-API-KEY with your Firecrawl API key.