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Set up Firecrawl MCP in Cursor

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1

Locate the config file

Cursor reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

.cursor/mcp.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

2

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Cursor 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_KEYRequired

Firecrawl API key

4

Verify it works

Restart Cursor. Firecrawl MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 6 tools available.

This server adds approximately 3,090 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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