Firecrawl MCP Server for CursorGive Cursor instant access to 6 tools to Cancel Active Crawl, Get Api Usage, Get Crawl Status, and more
Cursor is an AI-first code editor built on VS Code that integrates LLM-powered coding assistance directly into the development workflow. Its Agent mode enables autonomous multi-step coding tasks, and MCP support lets agents access external data sources and APIs during code generation.
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The Firecrawl app connector for Cursor is a standout in the Friends Mcp category — giving your AI agent 6 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl-extended": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
}
}
}
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About Firecrawl MCP Server
Connect your Firecrawl account to any AI agent and take full control of your web data acquisition and recursive crawling workflows through natural conversation.
Cursor's Agent mode turns Firecrawl into an in-editor superpower. Ask Cursor to generate code using live data from Firecrawl and it fetches, processes, and writes. all in a single agentic loop. 6 tools appear alongside file editing and terminal access, creating a unified development environment grounded in real-time information.
What you can do
- Web Scrape Orchestration — Scrape any single URL programmatically into high-fidelity Markdown, excluding boilerplate content like headers and footers automatically
- Recursive Crawling — Programmatically discover and scrape all subpages starting from a root URL to build comprehensive knowledge bases and RAG pipelines
- Site Mapping — Quickly identify all reachable links on a domain without full content extraction to understand website structures and hierarchies
- Visual Capture — Capture full-page screenshots of any URL directly through your agent to maintain a visual record of web data
- Usage Monitoring — Track your Firecrawl credit usage, remaining limits, and active crawl job statuses in real-time
The Firecrawl MCP Server exposes 6 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Cursor in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
All 6 Firecrawl tools available for Cursor
When Cursor connects to Firecrawl through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning data-extraction, markdown-conversion, rag-pipelines, and more. Every call is secured with network, filesystem, subprocess, and code evaluation entitlements inside a sandboxed runtime. Beyond a simple connection, you get a full AI Gateway with real-time visibility into agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
Stop an ongoing crawl
Check Firecrawl credit usage
Check the status of a crawl job
Discover all URLs on a site
Turn a single URL into clean Markdown
Returns a job ID. Recursively crawl a website
Connect Firecrawl to Cursor via MCP
Follow these steps to wire Firecrawl into Cursor. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.
Open MCP Settings
Cmd+Shift+P (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) → search "MCP Settings"Add the server config
mcp.json file that opensSave the file
Start using Firecrawl
Why Use Cursor with the Firecrawl MCP Server
Cursor AI Code Editor provides unique advantages when paired with Firecrawl through the Model Context Protocol.
Agent mode turns Cursor into an autonomous coding assistant that can read files, run commands, and call MCP tools without switching context
Cursor's Composer feature can generate entire files using real-time data fetched through MCP. no copy-pasting from external dashboards
MCP tools appear alongside built-in tools like file reading and terminal access, creating a unified agentic environment
VS Code extension compatibility means your existing workflow, keybindings, and extensions all work alongside MCP tools
Firecrawl + Cursor Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Cursor combined with the Firecrawl MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Code generation with live data: ask Cursor to generate a security report module using live DNS and subdomain data fetched through MCP
Automated documentation: have Cursor query your API's tool schemas and generate TypeScript interfaces or OpenAPI specs automatically
Infrastructure-as-code: Cursor can fetch domain configurations and generate corresponding Terraform or CloudFormation templates
Test scaffolding: ask Cursor to pull real API responses via MCP and generate unit test fixtures from actual data
Example Prompts for Firecrawl in Cursor
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Cursor agent to start working with Firecrawl immediately.
"Turn 'https://stripe.com/docs/api' into clean Markdown."
"Crawl 'https://docs.firecrawl.dev' recursively with a limit of 10 pages."
"Map all internal links for 'https://github.com/vinkius'."
Troubleshooting Firecrawl MCP Server with Cursor
Common issues when connecting Firecrawl to Cursor through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
Tools not appearing in Cursor
Server shows as disconnected
Firecrawl + Cursor FAQ
Common questions about integrating Firecrawl MCP Server with Cursor.
What is Agent mode and why does it matter for MCP?
Where does Cursor store MCP configuration?
mcp.json file. You can configure servers at the project level (.cursor/mcp.json in your project root) or globally (~/.cursor/mcp.json). Project-level configs take precedence.