Firecrawl MCP: Get Started

Choose how the connection will authenticate. Signing in and adding an API key are two paths to the same access: both reach the full tool surface on your team's plan.

Try Instantly

No account or key. Search, Scrape, and Parse within daily limits.

Start keyless setup

Browser sign-in from Codex, Claude Code, or your favorite harness.

Connect account

Use an API key

Configure an API key in your client, no browser needed.

Configure an API key

Add an API key#

Create a Firecrawl API key, then send it as a bearer token:

URL: https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcpAuthorization: Bearer <FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>

Configure the key through an environment variable or your client's secret storage, never in the MCP URL.

Note

This is a server URL for your MCP client, not a page to open directly in a browser. Sign-in connections use https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp-oauth instead, and your client starts the browser flow.

Client setup#

For Agents

Start keyless or use an API key.

For Humans

Next: choose a tool or run the server locally.