---
title: "Official Firecrawl MCP Server"
description: "Official Firecrawl MCP Server exposes Firecrawl’s scraping, crawling, search, and deep research features to MCP clients. It is a strong choice for agents that need web extraction with a maintained API-backed service instead of hand-built scrapers."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server"
author: "firecrawl"
category:
  - "Research & Scraping"
framework:
  - "MCP"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server"
  github_stars: 6001
  npm_package: "firecrawl-mcp"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 28903
---

# Official Firecrawl MCP Server

Official Firecrawl MCP Server exposes Firecrawl’s scraping, crawling, search, and deep research features to MCP clients. It is a strong choice for agents that need web extraction with a maintained API-backed service instead of hand-built scrapers.

## Prerequisites

FIRECRAWL_API_KEY

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
npx -y firecrawl-mcp
```

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/official-firecrawl-mcp-server/)