Firecrawl Simple MCP Server
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MCP server for Firecrawl Simple — a web scraping and site mapping tool enabling LLMs to access and process web content
Details
- Author
- Sacode
- Downloads
- 386
- Categories
- Automation, AI, Web Scraping
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- 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.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Firecrawl Simple MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
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).
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl simple mcp server": {
"firecrawl-simple-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-simple-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_URL": "http://localhost:3002/v1"
}
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"firecrawl-simple-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-simple-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_URL": "http://localhost:3002/v1"
}
}
}Firecrawl Simple MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Firecrawl Simple, a powerful web scraping and site mapping tool that enables Large Language Models (LLMs) to access and process web content.
Project Links
- GitHub Repository
- npm Package
Table of Contents
- Prerequisites
- Quick Start
- Features
- Installation
- Usage
- Configuration
- Available Tools
- Troubleshooting
- Note on Crawl Functionality
- Architecture Improvements
- Development
- Testing
- Contributing
- License
Prerequisites
Before installing and using Firecrawl Simple MCP Server, ensure you have:
- Node.js 16.x or higher installed
- Access to a running Firecrawl Simple API instance
- Sufficient permissions to install global npm packages (if installing globally)
Quick Start
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