Does Claude Code support the Firecrawl MCP server?

Yes. Claude Code connects to the Firecrawl MCP server through one CLI command, pointed at your Metorial URL. You need the Claude Code CLI.

Do I need an API key to connect Firecrawl to Claude Code?

No. You sign in to Firecrawl once through Metorial, and Claude Code uses that connection. No API keys go into Claude Code's settings.

Which Firecrawl tools can Claude Code use?

All 40 Firecrawl tools your team allows, such as Extract Data, Map Website, Crawl Website. Admins can narrow that list per team.

Can I control which teammates use Firecrawl in Claude Code?

Yes. Role-based access control decides who can use Firecrawl and which of its tools appear in Claude Code, and every call is logged with the person's identity.

What if Claude Code doesn't show Firecrawl tools?

Run /mcp, select Metorial, and sign in. If sign-in keeps failing, choose Clear authentication in the same menu and sign in again.

Connect Firecrawl to Claude Code

Ask Claude Code to use the stop page interaction tool in Firecrawl
Ask Claude Code to use the get scrape status tool in Firecrawl
Ask Claude Code to use the get queue status tool in Firecrawl
Ask Claude Code to use the list browser sessions tool in Firecrawl
Ask Claude Code to use the cancel agent tool in Firecrawl

1. Enable Firecrawl in Metorial
In your Metorial portal, enable the Firecrawl MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
2. Add the server over HTTP
Add --scope user to use it in every project.
```
claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>
```
3. Sign in
Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Firecrawl tools.

Once Firecrawl is enabled in Metorial, teammates sign in with SSO and get the same connection in Claude Code, with only the tools their role allows.

One link covers every app you approve. See how the MCP gateway handles access, roles and audit logs for the whole company.

Extract Data: Start a Firecrawl v2 extraction job that uses AI to transform one or more web pages into structured data.
Map Website: Map a website with Firecrawl v2 and retrieve discovered URLs quickly.
Crawl Website: Start a Firecrawl v2 crawl job to recursively discover and scrape pages from a website.
Get Agent Status: Check a Firecrawl agent job and retrieve gathered data when complete.
Run Agent: Start a Firecrawl v2 agent job for autonomous web data gathering.
Get Extract Status: Check a Firecrawl extract job and retrieve structured data when complete.
Get Batch Scrape Status: Check a Firecrawl batch scrape job and retrieve available page data.
Scrape Page: Scrape a single URL with Firecrawl v2 and extract markdown, HTML, raw HTML, links, screenshots, images, audio/video URLs, structured JSON, summaries, brand data, answers, highligh…
Get Crawl Status: Check a Firecrawl crawl job and retrieve available page data.
Batch Scrape: Start a Firecrawl v2 batch scrape job for a known list of URLs.
Search Web: Search the web with Firecrawl v2 and optionally scrape search results.
Get Crawl Errors: Retrieve failed URLs and robots.txt blocked URLs for a Firecrawl crawl job.
Parse File: Upload a file to Firecrawl v2 Parse and convert it into markdown or other extraction formats.
Cancel Crawl: Cancel a running Firecrawl crawl job.
Interact With Page: Continue interacting with the browser state from a prior Firecrawl scrape.
And 25 more on the Firecrawl MCP server page.

Firecrawl tools appear as mcp__metorial__<tool>. Use that name in permission rules to allow or deny a tool.
Run /mcp to see whether Metorial is connected and to sign in again.
Claude Code warns when a tool result passes 10,000 tokens and caps it at 25,000 by default. Raise the cap with MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS.
Pre-approve trusted Firecrawl tools with allow rules in your settings so Claude Code stops asking each time.

claude mcp list shows "Needs authentication": Run /mcp, select Metorial, and sign in. If sign-in keeps failing, choose Clear authentication in the same menu and sign in again.
A teammate sees "Pending approval": Servers shared through a project .mcp.json need approval. Run claude in the project and approve Metorial when asked.
Large tool results are cut off: Claude Code limits MCP tool output to 25,000 tokens by default. Raise it with the MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS environment variable.

Based on the Claude Code MCP documentation.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Firecrawl to AI agents with Metorial.

Does Claude Code support the Firecrawl MCP server?
Yes. Claude Code connects to the Firecrawl MCP server through one CLI command, pointed at your Metorial URL. You need the Claude Code CLI.
Do I need an API key to connect Firecrawl to Claude Code?
No. You sign in to Firecrawl once through Metorial, and Claude Code uses that connection. No API keys go into Claude Code's settings.
Which Firecrawl tools can Claude Code use?
All 40 Firecrawl tools your team allows, such as Extract Data, Map Website, Crawl Website. Admins can narrow that list per team.
Can I control which teammates use Firecrawl in Claude Code?
Yes. Role-based access control decides who can use Firecrawl and which of its tools appear in Claude Code, and every call is logged with the person's identity.
What if Claude Code doesn't show Firecrawl tools?
Run /mcp, select Metorial, and sign in. If sign-in keeps failing, choose Clear authentication in the same menu and sign in again.