Firecrawl Connector for AI agents.
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Get clean Markdown from any website for your research and data extraction.
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Why people use Firecrawl
Firecrawl Web Scraping for Automated Data Extraction
This Connector changes that by letting your agent do the heavy lifting. It goes out, navigates the site, handles the pop-ups, and brings back clean Markdown. You get a structured dataset instead of a pile of messy HTML.
What Vinkius changes
You get clean, usable web data without the headache of manual scraping or bot blocking.
Use it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another AI client you already have.
One account · 5,900+ Connectors
- Real-world use case 01
Building a RAG system for company docs
An engineer asks the agent to index the help center, and it recursively crawls the entire site to gather all the content for the vector database.
- Real-world use case 02
Competitive price monitoring
A researcher asks for the latest prices on a competitor's site, and the agent scrapes the page to get the data in a clean format.
- Real-world use case 03
Automated news summaries
A user wants a daily summary of a niche topic, so the agent searches the web to find and read the latest articles in one go.
Complete set · 4capabilities
The complete Firecrawl capability set.
These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with Firecrawl.
01—04
4 capabilities in this set.
Part of 4 available through Firecrawl.
- 01 Capability
Search web
Perform a Google-like search and get the content of the top results back in one step.
- 02 Capability
Crawl site
Recursively visit every page on a domain to build a full content index for your agent.
- 03 Capability
Map site
See every URL on a website to understand the structure before you decide what to extract.
- 04 Capability
Scrape page
Get a single URL's content as clean Markdown while handling all the JS rendering and pop-ups for you.
Set up in minutes
One URL. Then ask Firecrawl to work.
Claude and ChatGPT only need the Connector URL. Copy it once, add it in settings, and use Firecrawl from the conversation.
Choose your client
Live previewAdvanced clients IDE · CLI
Claude · Web + desktop
Connector URL · ready to paste
Streamable HTTPhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_H3lslwPhMfSWLHyTzOylzN5WvZ9uNMEMQ6eYZqT4/mcp - Step 01
Open Connectors
In Claude Web or Claude Desktop, open Settings and choose Connectors.
- Step 02
Add the URL
Choose Add custom connector, name it Firecrawl, and paste the URL above.
- Step 03
Turn it on in chat
Select +, open Connectors, and enable Firecrawl for the conversation.
ChatGPT · Web + desktop
Connector URL · ready to paste
Streamable HTTPhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_H3lslwPhMfSWLHyTzOylzN5WvZ9uNMEMQ6eYZqT4/mcp - Step 01
Open MCP settings
On desktop, open Settings and MCP servers. On web, open your workspace app or connector settings.
- Step 02
Add the URL
Choose Add server with Streamable HTTP, or create a custom MCP app, then paste the Firecrawl URL.
- Step 03
Save and start
Save the connection and enable Firecrawl in your conversation. Desktop may ask you to restart once.
Cursor · IDE configuration
Advanced setup
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_H3lslwPhMfSWLHyTzOylzN5WvZ9uNMEMQ6eYZqT4/mcp"
}
}
} - Step 01
Open MCP Settings
Press Cmd+Shift+P (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) → search "MCP Settings"
- Step 02
Add the server config
Paste the JSON configuration above into the mcp.json file that opens
- Step 03
Save the file
Cursor will automatically detect the new Connector
- Step 04
Start using Firecrawl
Open Agent mode in chat and ask: "Using Firecrawl, help me...". 4 tools available
VS Code Copilot · IDE configuration
Advanced setup
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_H3lslwPhMfSWLHyTzOylzN5WvZ9uNMEMQ6eYZqT4/mcp"
}
}
} - Step 01
Create MCP config
Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your project root
- Step 02
Add the server config
Paste the JSON configuration above
- Step 03
Enable Agent mode
Open GitHub Copilot Chat and switch to Agent mode using the dropdown
- Step 04
Start using Firecrawl
Ask Copilot: "Using Firecrawl, help me...". 4 tools available
Windsurf · IDE configuration
Advanced setup
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_H3lslwPhMfSWLHyTzOylzN5WvZ9uNMEMQ6eYZqT4/mcp"
}
}
} - Step 01
Open MCP Settings
Go to Settings → MCP Configuration or press Cmd+Shift+P and search "MCP"
- Step 02
Add the server
Paste the JSON configuration above into mcp_config.json
- Step 03
Save and reload
Windsurf will detect the new server automatically
- Step 04
Start using Firecrawl
Open Cascade and ask: "Using Firecrawl, help me...". 4 tools available
Cline · IDE configuration
Advanced setup
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_H3lslwPhMfSWLHyTzOylzN5WvZ9uNMEMQ6eYZqT4/mcp"
}
}
} - Step 01
Open Cline MCP Settings
Click the Connectors icon in the Cline sidebar panel
- Step 02
Add remote server
Click "Add Connector" and paste the configuration above
- Step 03
Enable the server
Toggle the server switch to ON
- Step 04
Start using Firecrawl
Ask Cline: "Using Firecrawl, help me...". 4 tools available
Claude Code · Terminal command
Advanced setup
claude mcp add firecrawl --transport http "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_H3lslwPhMfSWLHyTzOylzN5WvZ9uNMEMQ6eYZqT4/mcp" - Step 01
Install Claude Code
Run npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code if not already installed
- Step 02
Add the Connector
Run the command above in your terminal
- Step 03
Verify the connection
Run claude mcp to list connected servers, or type /mcp inside a session
- Step 04
Start using Firecrawl
Ask Claude: "Using Firecrawl, show me...". 4 tools are ready
Where the request belongs
Work Firecrawl can move forward.
This is for the developer who's tired of writing custom scrapers for every new site or the researcher who needs to turn a hundred blog posts into a structured database.
AI Agent Developer
Building autonomous agents that need to browse the web to find real-time information.
Data Engineer
Creating automated pipelines that turn messy web content into structured data for internal use.
Market Researcher
Gathering competitive intelligence from multiple sources without manual copy-pasting.
When one Connector is not enough
Carry the request into a workflow.
Combine Firecrawl with the systems that finish the task.
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You spend 3 hours reading 40 articles to write one research brief , an AI agent with Firecrawl reads all 40 in 90 seconds, stores them semantically in Weaviate, and writes the brief in Notion with every source linked and every claim verified
Build the capability set
Add more capabilities.
Each Connector adds new actions and data without changing how you work.
Browse ConnectorsFirecrawl
Crawl and scrape entire websites into clean LLM-ready markdown with a single API call that handles JavaScript rendering.
Web Scraper
Equip your AI agent with the ability to read web pages, extract metadata, and crawl documentation sites as clean Markdown.
Browse AI
Extract data from any website without code using trained robots that monitor pages and deliver structured results automatically.
Diffbot
Automate web data extraction via Diffbot. turn any website into structured JSON data for articles, products, discussions, and more directly from any AI agent.
Bring your own AI
Change the model, client or framework. Keep Firecrawl connected.
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Claude -
ChatGPT -
Gemini -
Cursor -
VS Code -
Windsurf -
ZCode -
Cline -
Zed -
Continue -
Kiro -
Roo Code -
Zencoder -
Goose -
Void -
Augment Code -
Amp -
Qodo -
Tabnine -
Pieces -
Sourcegraph Cody -
JetBrains -
Warp -
Amazon Q -
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Raycast -
Jan -
LM Studio -
AnythingLLM -
Open WebUI -
Msty -
Cherry Studio -
LibreChat -
TypingMind -
Chorus -
5ire -
n8n -
LangChain -
LlamaIndex -
CrewAI -
Vercel AI SDK
Before you connect
Questions about Firecrawl.
The practical details behind the request, access and result.
Can Firecrawl help my agent bypass bot protections?
Yes, it's built to handle those issues automatically so your agent doesn't get blocked by common anti-bot measures.
Does Firecrawl convert websites to Markdown?
It does, which makes it much easier for your agent to read the content without the noise of HTML tags and scripts.
Can I use Firecrawl to crawl an entire website at once?
Yes, you can use it to recursively visit every page on a domain to build a full content index for your agent.
How does Firecrawl handle JavaScript-heavy websites?
It renders the JavaScript first, so your agent sees the actual content as it appears to a human user.
Is Firecrawl good for building RAG systems?
It's a great choice because it provides clean, structured data that is perfect for feeding into a vector database.
Can Firecrawl search the web for me?
It can perform a web search and then extract the content from the top results in one single step.
How does Firecrawl pricing work?
Firecrawl uses a credit-based system. You get 500 free lifetime credits to start (no credit card required). Base cost is 1 credit per page scraped. Advanced features like JSON extraction (+4 credits) or enhanced mode (+4 credits) consume additional credits per page. Paid plans start at $16/month with 3,000 monthly credits.
Can Firecrawl handle JavaScript-heavy websites?
Yes! Firecrawl renders pages in a full browser environment before extracting content. this means it handles React, Next.js, Angular, and any other JavaScript framework. It also automatically bypasses common anti-bot protections, removes cookie consent banners, and waits for dynamic content to load before extraction.
What formats does Firecrawl return?
Firecrawl can return content in multiple formats: Markdown (default and most popular for LLM consumption), HTML, raw HTML, structured JSON (with LLM-powered extraction), screenshots, links, and page metadata. You can request multiple formats in a single call.
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Give your agent a direct line to Firecrawl.
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