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FireCrawl MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that integrates with FireCrawl for advanced web scraping capabilities.

Features

• JavaScript Rendering: Extract content from JavaScript-heavy websites
• Mobile/Desktop Views: Support for different viewport configurations
• Smart Rate Limiting: Built-in rate limit handling
• Multiple Formats: Support for HTML, Markdown, screenshots, and raw text extraction
• Batch Processing: Efficient handling of multiple URLs
• Content Filtering: Include or exclude specific HTML tags

Tools

fire_crawl_scrape

Scrapes content from a single URL with customizable options.

• Inputs:
  • url (string): Target URL to scrape
  • formats (array): Output formats (markdown, html, rawHtml, screenshot, links, screenshot@fullPage, extract)
  • waitFor (number, optional): Wait time in milliseconds
  • onlyMainContent (boolean, optional): Extract main content only
  • includeTags (array, optional): HTML tags to specifically include
  • excludeTags (array, optional): HTML tags to exclude
  • mobile (boolean, optional): Use mobile viewport
  • skipTlsVerification (boolean, optional): Skip TLS verification

fire_crawl_batch

Initiates a batch scraping job for multiple URLs.

• Inputs:
  • urls (array): List of URLs to scrape
  • formats (array): Output formats (same as single scrape)
  • Other options same as fire_crawl_scrape

fire_crawl_status

Checks the status of a batch scraping job.

• Inputs:
  • id (string): Batch job ID to check

Installation

npm install mcp-server-firecrawl

Configuration

Getting an API Key

1. Sign up for a FireCrawl account
2. Generate your API key from the dashboard
3. Set the API key in your environment

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

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

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Run tests
npm test

Rate Limits

• 3 requests per minute on free tier
• 25-second cooldown after hitting rate limit
• Higher limits available on paid plans

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details