Firecrawl MCP Server
local MCP serverFirecrawl MCP Server is a local MCP server: MCP server for Firecrawl — web search, scraping, and biomedical/arXiv paper search. Install it from npm as firecrawl-mcp.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add firecrawl-mcp-server -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=... -- npx -y firecrawl-mcp
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
What you need
- Runtime: Node.js 18+ (runs with npx).
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
- Environment variables:
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
Summary
MCP server for Firecrawl — web search, scraping, and biomedical/arXiv paper search.
Firecrawl MCP Server vs similar servers
| Server | Stars | Type | API key | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firecrawl MCP Server | 7,526 | Local | Yes | npm |
| arxiv-mcp-server | 3,177 | Local | Yes | pypi |
| mcp-sap-docs | 233 | Local | No | npm |
| one-search-mcp | 143 | Local | Yes | npm |
| mcp-server-search | 39K | Local | No | npm |
Questions
It reads one environment variable: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.
Node.js 18+ (runs with npx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
Firecrawl MCP Server is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package firecrawl-mcp.
Run: claude mcp add firecrawl-mcp-server -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=... -- npx -y firecrawl-mcp
Run: codex mcp add firecrawl-mcp-server --env FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=... -- npx -y firecrawl-mcp
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