What is the Firecrawl MCP server?

It is a hosted Model Context Protocol server that lets AI agents read the web with Firecrawl. Agents can scrape a single page, batch scrape many URLs, crawl an entire site, map a domain’s URLs, search the web, and autonomously extract structured data, all returned in LLM-ready formats.

Is the Firecrawl MCP server free?

You can start for free. Gumloop’s free tier lets you connect the Firecrawl MCP server and begin using it at no cost, and paid plans start at $37/month as your usage grows.

Do I need an API key to connect Firecrawl?

No. The Firecrawl connection is built into Gumloop, so you do not generate or manage a Firecrawl API key. Add the server and start scraping right away.

Which AI clients can I use with the Firecrawl MCP server?

Any MCP-compatible client. That includes Gumloop, Claude, Cursor, and frameworks like LangChain. The same hosted server URL works across all of them.

Can I combine Firecrawl with other integrations?

Yes. An agent can chain Firecrawl with 100+ other integrations, so it can scrape or search the web and then write the results to Slack, Notion, Google Sheets, or your CRM in the same run.

Gumloop hosts the server on managed infrastructure, so there are no Firecrawl keys for you to store or expose. See trust.gumloop.com for more on Gumloop’s security practices.

Does the Firecrawl MCP server only read data?

Firecrawl’s tools are read-only at the MCP level, so they return web content without changing your Gumloop account or stored files. To reach content behind interactions, the scrape tool can optionally run browser actions such as clicking, typing, or scrolling on the target page, but its job is to read and return data rather than to alter your systems.

What is the difference between scrape, crawl, and deep extract?

Scrape pulls content from one URL (and batch scrape does the same across a list). Crawl follows links to pull content from many pages on a site. Deep extract takes a prompt and autonomously navigates a site to find and return the specific structured data you asked for.

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Firecrawl MCP Server

Name: Firecrawl MCP Server
Author: Gumloop

Connect to the Firecrawl MCP server to scrape pages, crawl sites, map URLs, search the web, and extract structured data using AI agents on Gumloop, Claude, or Cursor.

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Create a Gumloop Account

To use this MCP, you need a Gumloop account. If you don't have one yet, you can create one for free.

Copy Your Server URL

Copy your MCP server URL and add it to your client. You'll be prompted to authorize on first use.

Tools (15)

Search
8 per item
Search the web and optionally scrape full page content. Returns results organized by source type (web, images, news).
Scrape
8 credits
Scrape a single URL and extract content in various formats.
Map
1 credits
Get all URLs from a website. Returns a list of URLs ordered by relevance.
Crawl
40 credits
Crawl a website and extract content from multiple pages.
Get Crawl Status
8 per item
Get the status and results of a crawl job.
Batch Scrape
40 credits
Scrape multiple URLs at once.
Get Batch Scrape Status
8 per item
Get the status and results of a batch scrape job.
Deep Extract
120 credits
Autonomously navigate and extract data from websites based on a prompt. Unlike regular extract, this explores links and pages to find relevant data.
Get Deep Extract Status
3 credits
Get the status and results of a deep extract job.
Interact
14 credits
Interact with a previously scraped page using a natural language prompt or browser code.
Stop Interact
3 credits
Stop an interactive browser session associated with a scrape job. Releases browser resources and finalizes billing.
Create Interact Session
4 credits
Start a standalone interactive browser session without a prior scrape.
Execute Interact Session
4 credits
Run Playwright or agent-browser code in a standalone interact session.
Delete Interact Session
3 credits
Destroy a standalone interact session and release its browser resources. For writable profiles, browser state is saved when the session stops.
List Interact Sessions
3 credits
List standalone interact sessions, optionally filtered by status.

What is Firecrawl MCP?

The Firecrawl MCP server gives AI agents a clean way to read the web. That means agents can scrape a single page, batch scrape a list of URLs, crawl an entire site, map every URL on a domain, search the web, and autonomously extract structured data from across a site. Firecrawl returns content in LLM-ready formats like markdown, so an agent gets usable text instead of raw HTML and page clutter.

Pulling data off the web by hand is slow and brittle if you have to manually copy text from pages, fight with messy HTML, and rebuild scrapers every time a site changes. The Firecrawl MCP server hands that work over to an AI agent that can fetch the page, clean it up, and hand back structured content. Describe what you need from a site, and your AI agent will go get it for you.

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, an open standard that lets AI agents call external tools. Normally, using Firecrawl means signing up for an API key, managing it in your environment, and writing code against the web data API. Gumloop wraps all of that behind a hosted server with the Firecrawl connection built in. After you connect, you can scrape, crawl, search, and extract just by asking your AI agent what you need, in plain language.

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What you can do with Firecrawl MCP on Gumloop

Scrape a single page
Pull clean content from any URL in LLM-ready formats such as markdown and HTML, with the page clutter stripped out.
Batch scrape many URLs
Scrape a whole list of URLs in one job and collect the results together.
Crawl an entire site
Crawl a website and pull content from many pages at once, following links across the domain.
Map a website’s URLs
Get a list of every URL on a site, ordered by relevance, so an agent knows what is there before it scrapes.
Search the web
Run a web search and optionally scrape the full content of the results, organized by web, images, and news.
Deep extract with a prompt
Describe the data you want and let Firecrawl autonomously navigate links and pages to find and return it as structured data.
Track long-running jobs
Check the status and results of batch scrape, crawl, and deep extract jobs as they run.

How to connect the Gumloop Firecrawl MCP Server

1
Create a free Gumloop account
Sign up at gumloop.com. No credit card required.
2
Add the Firecrawl MCP server
Copy your MCP server URL from Gumloop and add it to your preferred client (Claude, Cursor, or Gumloop workflows). You'll authorize on first use.
3
Start using Firecrawl in your AI workflows
That's it. Your AI agent can now scrape pages, crawl sites, search the web, and extract structured data. Use it inside a Gumloop automation, in Claude Desktop, or in Cursor.

Firecrawl MCP use cases

Competitive monitoring for marketing teams

An agent scrapes competitor pricing and product pages on a schedule, compares them to the last snapshot, and posts the changes to Slack, so the team catches updates without manual checks.

Lead enrichment for sales and RevOps

Given a list of company domains, an agent batch scrapes each site for positioning, products, and contact details, then writes the enriched fields back to your CRM or a spreadsheet.

Research briefs for analysts

An agent searches the web on a topic, scrapes the most relevant sources, and summarizes them into a single brief in Notion or a Google Doc.

Knowledge base building for support teams

An agent crawls a documentation site, pulls the content of every page, and loads it into a knowledge base so an assistant can answer from it.

Structured data extraction for ops

Using deep extract, an agent navigates a site and pulls a clean, structured dataset, such as product specs or directory listings, without anyone writing a custom scraper.

Why use Gumloop for Firecrawl MCP

No API key to manage
Using Firecrawl directly means signing up for an API key and wiring it into your code. With Gumloop the Firecrawl connection is built in, so there is nothing to generate, store, or rotate. Just connect and go.
Works with multiple MCP clients
Use the same hosted Firecrawl MCP server in Gumloop, Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients. Same server URL, works with any MCP client.
Chain Firecrawl with 100+ integrations
An agent can scrape a page with Firecrawl, process the content, and write it to Slack, Notion, Google Sheets, or your CRM in a single run.
Enterprise-grade hosting
Gumloop hosts the server for you so scraping runs on managed infrastructure with no keys to expose. See trust.gumloop.com for security details.
Free to start
Gumloop has a free tier so you can try the Firecrawl MCP server at no cost. Paid plans start at $37/month.

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Installation

Create a Gumloop Account

Copy Your Server URL

Tools (15)

Search

Scrape

Map

Crawl

Get Crawl Status

Batch Scrape

Get Batch Scrape Status

Deep Extract

Get Deep Extract Status

Interact

Stop Interact

Create Interact Session

Execute Interact Session

Delete Interact Session

List Interact Sessions