What is Firecrawl MCP Server?
The Firecrawl MCP Server by MendableAI integrates Firecrawl with the Model Context Protocol, allowing Claude and other MCP-enabled clients to crawl websites, extract content, and provide up-to-date answers. This server is ideal for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines that need live web data ingestion via a clean MCP tool interface.
Key Features of Firecrawl MCP Server
- Crawls and scrapes any public website via Firecrawl API
- Wraps crawl tools inside an MCP-compliant server
- Enables Claude to pull real-time content from specified URLs
- Designed for fast setup with minimal code changes
- Ideal for RAG, QA bots, and contextual assistants that need web content
Installation:
Clone and run the server using Python:
git clone https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl-mcp-server cd firecrawl-mcp-server pip install -r requirements.txt python main.py
Configure your FIRECRAWL_API_KEY in the environment before starting.
