# MCP Web Search & Scrape in Gemini CLI (/quickstarts/gemini-cli)

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Related: [Node.js](/quickstarts/nodejs.md), [Next.js](/quickstarts/nextjs.md), [Express](/quickstarts/express.md), [NestJS](/quickstarts/nestjs.md), [Fastify](/quickstarts/fastify.md), [Hono](/quickstarts/hono.md)

Add Firecrawl's search, scrape, crawl, and browser tools to [Google Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli) via MCP.

## Quick Setup [#quick-setup]

### 1. Get Your API Key [#1-get-your-api-key]

Sign up at [firecrawl.dev/app](https://www.firecrawl.dev/app) and copy your API key.

### 2. Add Firecrawl to Gemini CLI [#2-add-firecrawl-to-gemini-cli]

Gemini CLI reads MCP config from `~/.gemini/settings.json` (global) or `.gemini/settings.json` in your project. Add:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "fc-YOUR-API-KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

### 3. Launch Gemini CLI [#3-launch-gemini-cli]

```bash
gemini
```

Confirm the server is loaded:

```
/mcp list
```

You should see `firecrawl` and its tools.

## Quick Demo [#quick-demo]

```
Use firecrawl to search the web for "Gemini 2.5 context window" and summarize the top 5 results.
```

```
Scrape https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs and outline the sections.
```

```
Crawl https://example.com and extract the product names from /products.
```

## Remote Hosted URL (no Node.js required) [#remote-hosted-url-no-nodejs-required]

```json
{
  "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](/developer-guides/mcp-setup-guides/oauth); keep API keys in an Authorization header or secure-secret store, never in a URL.

## Troubleshooting [#troubleshooting]

* **Tools don't show up** — restart Gemini CLI after editing `settings.json`; MCP servers are loaded at startup.
* **`spawn npx ENOENT`** — install Node.js 18+ or use the remote hosted URL.
* **Rate-limited** — upgrade your Firecrawl plan at [firecrawl.dev/pricing](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing).