Firecrawl Local MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for interacting with a self-hosted Firecrawl instance. This server provides web scraping and crawling capabilities through your local Firecrawl deployment.

Features

• Web Scraping: Extract content from single web pages in markdown format

• Web Crawling: Crawl entire websites with customizable depth and filtering

• Site Mapping: Generate lists of all accessible URLs on a website

• Job Monitoring: Track the status of crawling jobs

• No API Key Required: Works directly with self-hosted Firecrawl instances

Installation

npm install
npm run build

Configuration

The server connects to your Firecrawl instance using the FIRECRAWL_URL environment variable. By default, it connects to http://localhost:3002.

To change the Firecrawl URL, set the FIRECRAWL_URL environment variable in your MCP configuration.

Usage

With Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl-local": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/firecrawl-local-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_URL": "http://localhost:3002"
      }
    }
  }
}

With Cline

Add this to your Cline MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl-local": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["dist/index.js"],
      "cwd": "/absolute/path/to/firecrawl-local-mcp",
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_URL": "http://localhost:3002"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

firecrawl_scrape

Scrape a single webpage and return its content in markdown format.

Parameters:

• url (required): The URL to scrape

• formats: Output formats (default: ["markdown"])

• onlyMainContent: Extract only main content (default: true)

• includeTags: HTML tags to include

• excludeTags: HTML tags to exclude

firecrawl_crawl

Crawl a website starting from a URL and return content from multiple pages.

Parameters:

• url (required): The starting URL to crawl

• includes: URL patterns to include (supports wildcards)

• excludes: URL patterns to exclude (supports wildcards)

• maxDepth: Maximum crawl depth (default: 2)

• limit: Maximum number of pages to crawl (default: 10)

• allowBackwardLinks: Allow crawling backward links (default: false)

• allowExternalLinks: Allow crawling external links (default: false)

firecrawl_crawl_status

Check the status of a crawl job.

Parameters:

• jobId (required): The job ID returned from a crawl request

firecrawl_map

Map a website to get a list of all accessible URLs.

Parameters:

• url (required): The URL to map

• search: Search query to filter URLs

• ignoreSitemap: Ignore the website's sitemap (default: false)

• includeSubdomains: Include subdomains (default: false)

• limit: Maximum number of URLs to return (default: 5000)

Testing

Test the server functionality:

node test.js

This will test both the tool listing and a sample scrape operation.

Example Usage

Once configured in Claude Desktop, you can use natural language commands like:

• "Scrape the content from https://example.com"

• "Crawl the documentation site at https://docs.example.com with a depth of 3"

• "Map all the URLs on https://example.com"

• "Check the status of crawl job abc123"

Requirements

• Node.js 18+

• A running Firecrawl self-hosted instance (see Firecrawl Self-Hosting Guide)

• Network access to the Firecrawl instance

Troubleshooting

1. Connection Issues: Verify your Firecrawl instance is running and accessible

2. Timeout Errors: Adjust timeout values in src/index.ts for slow websites

3. Authentication Errors: Ensure USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION=false in your Firecrawl .env file