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Firecrawl
Industrial-strength web scraping with JavaScript rendering.
Firecrawl crawls and scrapes entire websites — including JavaScript-heavy pages plain fetchers cannot read — and returns clean, structured content. Good for "read this whole docs site" or "extract all products from this category page". Free tier available; needs an API key.
Install Firecrawl
You need: an AI app that supports skills (pick yours above) · Node.js (LTS) — one-time install from nodejs.org. Check with `node -v` in a terminal. · An API key (FIRECRAWL_API_KEY) — free tier available, get it at https://www.firecrawl.dev/
Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config in Claude Desktop (this opens claude_desktop_config.json) and merge this block, then fully restart the app:
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}Before saving, replace YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY with your key from firecrawl.dev (free tier).
Vendor
Firecrawl
Category
Web search & scraping
API key
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
Source
FAQ
What is the Firecrawl skill?
Firecrawl crawls and scrapes entire websites — including JavaScript-heavy pages plain fetchers cannot read — and returns clean, structured content. Good for "read this whole docs site" or "extract all products from this category page". Free tier available; needs an API key.
How do I install Firecrawl in Claude Desktop?
Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config in Claude Desktop and add a firecrawl entry under mcpServers (the install widget on this page generates the exact block). Fully restart the app afterwards. Local skills run on Node.js — install the LTS version from nodejs.org once.
Does Firecrawl need an API key?
Yes — FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (free tier available, from https://www.firecrawl.dev/). The install widget shows where to put it.
Which apps can use Firecrawl?
Firecrawl works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code — any app that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Is my site ready for AI agents like the ones using Firecrawl?
Run a free check at https://agentics.page — it audits whether your robots.txt allows the right bots, whether you publish llms.txt and JSON-LD, and whether AI agents can actually consume your site.
Is your domain ready for AI agents?
Assistants equipped with skills like Firecrawl are already visiting your site. agentics checks whether they can read, find, and trust your domain — free, no signup.
Run free check →