Firecrawl MCP Server

Firecrawl scrape

firecrawl_scrape

Read-only

Scrape one URL and return its content: markdown by default, or HTML, links, screenshots, branding data, a targeted answer, or JSON matching a supplied schema. Use it when the request identifies a page and needs its content or defined fields: the user gives a URL or names a page or PDF and wants it read or summarized, or wants prices, specs, contact details or a table from it. Use firecrawl_search when additional web sources are needed; on an authenticated session, firecrawl_map lists a site's URLs and firecrawl_crawl collects a set of pages. url may omit the scheme (example.com/page); it is read as https.

Firecrawl may serve recently indexed content; set maxAge: 0 for a live fetch or a smaller maxAge to bound staleness. A successful response does not by itself confirm the page is still current. A named browser profile loads saved session data without saving changes to it. Authenticated responses can include a metadata.scrapeId for optional scrape feedback.

On an authenticated session, firecrawl_search and firecrawl_find_tools can discover providers for the same fields across several pages; a matching provider returns typed records in one call.

With alexandria in place of url, the tool runs catalogued provider capabilities instead of fetching a page. Some providers require accepted terms; when a response reports a terms requirement, direct the user to the Firecrawl dashboard URL in that response.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`url`	No
`proxy`	No
`maxAge`	No
`mobile`	No
`formats`	No
`parsers`	No
`profile`	No	Loads a saved browser profile without saving changes to it.
`timeout`	No	Execution timeout in milliseconds.
`waitFor`	No
`location`	No
`lockdown`	No
`objective`	Yes	The user's underlying goal for this call, in one sentence: what they are ultimately trying to accomplish, not a restatement of the URL or query. Reuse it across related calls. Avoid sensitive information.
`redactPII`	No
`requestId`	No	Idempotency key bound to one Alexandria execution payload. Generated when omitted and returned with the result.
`alexandria`	No	Catalogued Alexandria capability invocation, mutually exclusive with url. One {provider, capability, options} object or an array of 1-10, with contracts available through firecrawl_search or firecrawl_find_tools. Each call may include version to pin a published workflow; omitting it uses latest. Only requestId and timeout are supported alongside alexandria. The selected contract marks required inputs and any requiresOneOf groups (at least one member per group); it may include example.request/example.response and a key field under response (which may differ from records). Where pagination is declared, its fields govern paging with the same filters; catalogue next is separate from provider pagination. Returns per-capability results in data.alexandria with data, records, or an error with a code; individual capabilities can fail even when the outer response succeeds. Some providers require accepted terms; when a response reports a terms requirement, direct the user to the Firecrawl dashboard URL in that response.
`pdfOptions`	No
`toolDetail`	No	URL mode only: domain discovery detail, summary by default; compact returns provider/capability/description, full includes contracts. Ignored with alexandria.
`domainTools`	No	URL mode only: include domain-matched Alexandria tools for the page in tools on the returned document. Ignored with alexandria.
`excludeTags`	No
`includeTags`	No
`jsonOptions`	No
`queryOptions`	No
`storeInCache`	No
`conversationId`	No	conversationId from any earlier Firecrawl tool result in this conversation; after parallel calls, any one of theirs. Omit only on the first call of a conversation; the result returns one to pass on every later call.
`onlyMainContent`	No
`screenshotOptions`	No
`zeroDataRetention`	No
`removeBase64Images`	No
`skipTlsVerification`	No

Output Schema

Name	Required	Description
`data`	No	Alexandria mode: per-capability results in `data.alexandria`, each with `data`, `records`, or an `error`.
`html`	No	Processed HTML of the page.
`json`	No	Structured data matching the requested JSON schema or prompt.
`menu`	No	Menu data extracted from the page.
`audio`	No	Audio extracted from the page.
`error`	No	Error message or error object when the call did not succeed.
`links`	No	Links found on the page.
`pages`	No	Physical PDF pages, when `parsers[].pages` is set.
`tools`	No	Domain-matched Alexandria tools for the page, when `domainTools` is set.
`video`	No	Video extracted from the page.
`answer`	No	Targeted answer to the question that was asked of the page.
`blocks`	No	Typed PDF layout blocks, when `parsers[].blocks` is set.
`images`	No	Images found on the page.
`actions`	No	Results of the browser actions that ran during the scrape.
`message`	No	Guidance that accompanies the result.
`product`	No	Product data extracted from the page.
`rawHtml`	No	Unprocessed HTML of the page.
`receipt`	No	Billing receipt for the execution.
`success`	No	Whether the API call succeeded.
`summary`	No	Summary of the page content.
`warning`	No	Non-fatal warning about the result.
`branding`	No	Branding data extracted from the page.
`delivery`	No	`retained` when the full result stayed server-side instead of being inlined.
`markdown`	No	Page content as markdown.
`metadata`	No	Page metadata; authenticated responses can include `metadata.scrapeId` for scrape feedback.
`nextTool`	No	A follow-up tool call (`{name, arguments}`) that continues or inspects this result.
`requestId`	No	Identifier of this Alexandria execution.
`scrape_id`	No	Identifier of the underlying scrape.
`attributes`	No	Values collected by the requested attribute selectors.
`highlights`	No	Highlighted passages from the page.
`screenshot`	No	Screenshot of the page.
`agent_hints`	No	Optional response guidance from the Firecrawl API.
`creditsCost`	No	Credits this call consumed.
`workspaceId`	No	Workspace holding a retained result, for inspection through virtual Bash.
`feedbackRefs`	No	Retained results only: `[{provider, capability, feedbackRef}]` per call; pass a ref in `callRatings` of the feedback tool to rate that call.
`feedbackTool`	No	Pointer to the feedback tool for reporting how this result served the task.
`responseBytes`	No	Size of the full result in bytes.
`changeTracking`	No	Change-tracking comparison against the previous scrape.
`conversationId`	No	Pass on later Firecrawl calls in this conversation.
`idleTtlSeconds`	No	Seconds a retained workspace stays available while idle.
`estimatedTokens`	No	Estimated token cost of the full result.
`inlineTokenBudget`	No	Token budget above which a result is retained rather than inlined.
`tokenEstimateMethod`	No	How `estimatedTokens` was derived.

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed1 schema field changedNov 6, 2026

addedOutput schema / properties / feedbackRefs

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Retained results only: `[{provider, capability, feedbackRef}]` per call; pass a ref in `callRatings` of the feedback tool to rate that call."
+}

Changed1 schema field changedNov 6, 2026
- removedInput schema / properties / url / format
```
Removed value: -"uri"
```

Changed2 schema fields changedNov 5, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / alexandria / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "properties": {
-      "capability": {
-        "description": "Capability address as returned by search or discover, e.g. \"series/observations\".",
-        "minLength": 1,
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "options": {
-        "additionalProperties": {},
-        "description": "Capability options as declared by its contract.",
-        "propertyNames": {
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "type": "object"
-      },
-      "provider": {
-        "description": "Provider slug, e.g. \"fred\".",
-        "minLength": 1,
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "version": {
-        "description": "Optional published workflow version. Omit to use the latest version.",
-        "maxLength": 128,
-        "minLength": 1,
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "provider",
-      "capability"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "items": {
-      "properties": {
-        "capability": {
-          "description": "Capability address as returned by search or discover, e.g. \"series/observations\".",
-          "minLength": 1,
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "options": {
-          "additionalProperties": {},
-          "description": "Capability options as declared by its contract.",
-          "propertyNames": {
-            "type": "string"
-          },
-          "type": "object"
-        },
-        "provider": {
-          "description": "Provider slug, e.g. \"fred\".",
-          "minLength": 1,
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "version": {
-          "description": "Optional published workflow version. Omit to use the latest version.",
-          "maxLength": 128,
-          "minLength": 1,
-          "type": "string"
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "provider",
-        "capability"
-      ],
-      "type": "object"
-    },
-    "maxItems": 10,
-    "minItems": 1,
-    "type": "array"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "properties": {
+      "capability": {
+        "description": "Capability address as returned by search or discover, e.g. \"series/observations\".",
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "additionalProperties": true,
+        "description": "Capability options as declared by its contract.",
+        "propertyNames": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "provider": {
+        "description": "Provider slug, e.g. \"fred\".",
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "version": {
+        "description": "Optional published workflow version. Omit to use the latest version.",
+        "maxLength": 128,
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "type": "string"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "provider",
+      "capability"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  {
+    "items": {
+      "properties": {
+        "capability": {
+          "description": "Capability address as returned by search or discover, e.g. \"series/observations\".",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "options": {
+          "additionalProperties": true,
+          "description": "Capability options as declared by its contract.",
+          "propertyNames": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "provider": {
+          "description": "Provider slug, e.g. \"fred\".",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "version": {
+          "description": "Optional published workflow version. Omit to use the latest version.",
+          "maxLength": 128,
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "provider",
+        "capability"
+      ],
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "maxItems": 10,
+    "minItems": 1,
+    "type": "array"
+  }
+]

changedInput schema / properties / jsonOptions / properties / schema / additionalProperties
```
Previous value: -{}New value: +true
```

Changed2 schema fields changedOct 31, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / conversationId

Added value: +{
+  "description": "conversationId from any earlier Firecrawl tool result in this conversation; after parallel calls, any one of theirs. Omit only on the first call of a conversation; the result returns one to pass on every later call.",
+  "pattern": "^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$",
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / conversationId

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Pass on later Firecrawl calls in this conversation.",
+  "type": "string"
+}

Changed2 schema fields changedOct 27, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / alexandria / description

Previous value: -"Catalogued Alexandria capability invocation, mutually exclusive with url. One {provider, capability, options} object or an array of 1-10, with contracts available through firecrawl_search or firecrawl_find_tools. Each call may include version to pin a published workflow; omitting it uses latest. Only requestId and timeout are supported alongside alexandria. The selected contract marks required inputs and any requiresOneOf groups (at least one member per group); it may include example.request/example.response and response.key (which may differ from records). Where pagination is declared, its fields govern paging with the same filters; catalogue next is separate from provider pagination. Returns per-capability results in data.alexandria with data, records, or an error with a code; individual capabilities can fail even when the outer response succeeds. Some providers require accepted terms; when a response reports a terms requirement, direct the user to the Firecrawl dashboard URL in that response."New value: +"Catalogued Alexandria capability invocation, mutually exclusive with url. One {provider, capability, options} object or an array of 1-10, with contracts available through firecrawl_search or firecrawl_find_tools. Each call may include version to pin a published workflow; omitting it uses latest. Only requestId and timeout are supported alongside alexandria. The selected contract marks required inputs and any requiresOneOf groups (at least one member per group); it may include example.request/example.response and a key field under response (which may differ from records). Where pagination is declared, its fields govern paging with the same filters; catalogue next is separate from provider pagination. Returns per-capability results in data.alexandria with data, records, or an error with a code; individual capabilities can fail even when the outer response succeeds. Some providers require accepted terms; when a response reports a terms requirement, direct the user to the Firecrawl dashboard URL in that response."

changedInput schema / properties / jsonOptions / properties / schema / additionalProperties
```
Previous value: -falseNew value: +{}
```

Changed1 schema field changedOct 22, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / alexandria / description

Previous value: -"Catalogued Alexandria capability invocation, mutually exclusive with url. One {provider, capability, options} object or an array of 1-10, with contracts available through firecrawl_search or firecrawl_find_tools. Each call may include version to pin a published workflow; omitting it uses latest. Only requestId and timeout are supported alongside alexandria. The selected contract marks required inputs and any requiresOneOf groups (at least one member per group); it may include example.request/example.response and response.key (which may differ from records). Where pagination is declared, its fields govern paging with the same filters; catalogue next is separate from provider pagination. Returns per-capability results in data.alexandria with data, records, or an error with a code; individual capabilities can fail even when the outer response succeeds. Requires an API key on a team with Alexandria enabled. Some providers require accepted terms; blocked requests return the applicable requirements."New value: +"Catalogued Alexandria capability invocation, mutually exclusive with url. One {provider, capability, options} object or an array of 1-10, with contracts available through firecrawl_search or firecrawl_find_tools. Each call may include version to pin a published workflow; omitting it uses latest. Only requestId and timeout are supported alongside alexandria. The selected contract marks required inputs and any requiresOneOf groups (at least one member per group); it may include example.request/example.response and response.key (which may differ from records). Where pagination is declared, its fields govern paging with the same filters; catalogue next is separate from provider pagination. Returns per-capability results in data.alexandria with data, records, or an error with a code; individual capabilities can fail even when the outer response succeeds. Some providers require accepted terms; when a response reports a terms requirement, direct the user to the Firecrawl dashboard URL in that response."

Changed1 schema field changedOct 17, 2026
- addedInput schema / required
```
Added value: +[
+  "objective"
+]
```
Changed1 schema field changedOct 14, 2026
- removedInput schema / required
```
Removed value: -[
-  "objective"
-]
```

Changed1 schema field changedOct 13, 2026

removedOutput schema / description

Removed value: -"A scraped document, or the Alexandria execution envelope when `alexandria` was passed."

Changed1 schema field changedOct 12, 2026
- addedInput schema / required
```
Added value: +[
+  "objective"
+]
```

Changed1 schema field changedOct 12, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / objective

Added value: +{
+  "description": "The user's underlying goal for this call, in one sentence: what they are ultimately trying to accomplish, not a restatement of the URL or query. Reuse it across related calls. Avoid sensitive information.",
+  "maxLength": 1000,
+  "minLength": 1,
+  "type": "string"
+}

Changed1 schema field changedOct 9, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / formats / items / enum

Previous value: -[
-  "markdown",
-  "html",
-  "rawHtml",
-  "screenshot",
-  "links",
-  "summary",
-  "changeTracking",
-  "branding",
-  "json",
-  "query",
-  "audio"
-]New value: +[
+  "markdown",
+  "html",
+  "rawHtml",
+  "screenshot",
+  "links",
+  "images",
+  "summary",
+  "changeTracking",
+  "branding",
+  "json",
+  "query",
+  "audio"
+]

Changed2 schema fields changedOct 6, 2026
- addedInput schema / properties / profile / description
```
Added value: +"Loads a saved browser profile without saving changes to it."
```
- removedInput schema / properties / profile / properties / saveChanges
```
Removed value: -{
-  "type": "boolean"
-}
```
First observedSep 29, 2026

TDQS

A4.3/5.0

Behavior5/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

The annotations already state read-only, open-world, and non-destructive behavior, and the description adds substantial context beyond them. It discloses indexed-content staleness and `maxAge` controls, profile behavior that does not save changes, authenticated `metadata.scrapeId`, independent Alexandria capability failures, and provider terms requirements.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

The description is front-loaded with the core scrape purpose and then organized by usage, freshness, authentication, and Alexandria mode. It is dense and some provider-discovery and terms language repeats schema content, but the length is largely justified by the tool's complexity.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness4/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

The output schema exists and the annotations carry the safety profile, so the description does not need to explain return values. It covers the major modes, freshness caveats, profile behavior, and Alexandria terms, but it is not fully complete because the supplied sibling `firecrawl_parse` is never differentiated and many optional parameters are only named in the schema.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters3/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is only 28% across 29 parameters, so the description must add meaning where the schema is sparse. It clarifies key parameters such as URL scheme omission, `maxAge` freshness behavior, `profile` session loading, response formats, and `alexandria`, but leaves many options such as proxy, mobile, waitFor, location, onlyMainContent, include/exclude tags, and screenshot/PDF options without textual semantics.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description gives a specific verb and resource: scrape one URL and return its content in various formats, or run catalogued Alexandria capabilities when `alexandria` replaces `url`. It clearly separates the tool from search, map, and crawl usage, so an agent can identify the tool's core purpose immediately.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines4/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description gives explicit usage conditions: use it when the request identifies a page, URL, or PDF and needs its content, summaries, prices, specs, contacts, or table fields. It also routes the agent to `firecrawl_search` when additional web sources are needed and to map/crawl for authenticated site enumeration. However, it does not distinguish this tool from the supplied sibling `firecrawl_parse`, leaving one sibling relationship unclear.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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