Live Web Data
with MCP

Run npx -y firecrawl-mcp to install the official Firecrawl MCP server, then add the configuration to your editor's MCP settings file with your API key. Most developers are set up in under 3 minutes. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible harness. Full setup guide at docs.firecrawl.dev/mcp-server.

Yes. Firecrawl provides an official MCP server that works with any MCP-compatible harness including Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Windsurf. Install once and use across all of them. The same MCP server works everywhere.

Yes. The free tier includes 10 scrapes per minute, 10 maps per minute, 10 searches per minute, and 2 crawls per minute. No credit card required to start. You can build and test your agent before upgrading to a paid plan.

Firecrawl returns clean markdown and structured JSON, optimized for LLMs. All content is pre-processed to remove ads, navigation, footers, and boilerplate. Your agent gets only the signal, not the noise. You can also request raw HTML if needed.

Absolutely. Firecrawl powers AI agents and code editors at companies like Replit. Our infrastructure handles millions of requests daily with 99.9% uptime (status.firecrawl.dev). Start on the free tier and scale to production without changing your code.

The Developer Index is a purpose-built index of issue threads, merged pull requests, READMEs, and curated documentation. Your coding agent reaches it through the same Firecrawl MCP server, or through the developer category on the standard search method. On the DevDex benchmark, native web search hits 0.45 recall@10 overall and 0.28 on issues and pull requests, while the Developer Index hits 0.66.

Yes. Call the Parse endpoint with a file and Firecrawl returns clean, layout-aware Markdown ready to feed into an LLM. One API call handles PDF, DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF, XLSX, XLS, and HTML. Page classification runs OCR only where it is needed, so your agent gets fast, accurate text without a separate document pipeline.

Yes. Point the Firecrawl Monitor endpoint at the docs, API references, and repos your agent quotes, set a schedule, and each run diffs against the last snapshot. An AI judge scores each change against a plain-language goal so you only get pinged when the change is meaningful, and a webhook or email tells your agent to refresh its context.

Firecrawl handles website changes, anti-bot protection, and dynamic JavaScript rendering automatically. You never maintain headless browsers, rotate proxies, or update selectors. We handle the infrastructure so you can focus on building your agent.

The world's most comprehensive web data API. Our custom browser stack and semantic index deliver superior data quality across any website, handling more content types and edge cases than any competitor.

JavaScript rendering, dynamic content, and robust request handling built-in.

Process millions of pages with automatic rate limiting, caching, and distributed infrastructure.

Optimized scraping engine with parallel processing and smart caching for instant results.

Comprehensive docs, SDKs for all major languages, and dedicated support to help you succeed.