What is Firecrawl Simple MCP Server?
Firecrawl Simple MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Firecrawl Simple, a web scraping and site mapping tool that enables Large Language Models (LLMs) to access and process web content. It is designed for developers integrating web data into AI applications.
How to use Firecrawl Simple MCP Server?
Install globally via npm install -g firecrawl-simple-mcp, then run with environment variables like FIRECRAWL_API_URL (default http://localhost:3002/v1). It can be configured for use with Claude Desktop or Cursor by adding it as an MCP server in their configuration files. For SSE transport, set FIRECRAWL_TRANSPORT_TYPE=sse and the server listens on the port specified by FIRECRAWL_SERVER_PORT (default 3003).
Key features of Firecrawl Simple MCP Server
- Web scraping with JavaScript rendering support.
- Generate sitemaps of any website.
- Simplified architecture with consistent error handling.
- Strong type safety with Zod schema validation.
- Configurable via environment variables.
Use cases of Firecrawl Simple MCP Server
- Scrape a single webpage for LLM context extraction.
- Map a website’s structure to understand its content hierarchy.
- Integrate web scraping into AI assistants like Claude or Cursor.
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