Set up Firecrawl MCP in Claude Code
Scrape and crawl websites, extract structured data, and perform batch web scraping with LLM-powered content analysis.
1
Locate the config file
Claude Code reads MCP server configuration from the following file:
~/.claude.jsonCreate this file if it does not already exist.
2
Add the configuration
You can configure Firecrawl MCP using the CLI command or by editing the config file directly.
Option A: CLI command
bash
claude mcp add firecrawl-mcp -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY -- npx -y firecrawl-mcpOption B: Config file
json
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}3
Set up environment variables
Firecrawl MCP requires the following environment variables:
FIRECRAWL_API_KEYRequiredFirecrawl API key
4
Verify it works
Restart Claude Code. Firecrawl MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 6 tools available.
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