# Firecrawl

**Type:** Official

**Source Type:** Repository

**Source:** [GitHub](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server)

**Description:** Firecrawl MCP server enables AI assistants to perform advanced web scraping and crawling operations through Firecrawl's API. It provides capabilities for structured data extraction, website monitoring, and automated content collection with support for dynamic JavaScript-rendered pages.

**Configuration Parameters:**

* **Firecrawl API Key** \* - API key for authentication
* **Custom Firecrawl API URL for self-hosted instances** - Service instance URL (optional)

**Setup Steps:**

1. Log in to your Firecrawl account
2. Navigate to Dashboard → API Keys
3. Generate a new API token or key
4. Copy the token for configuration
5. Ensure your account has appropriate permissions for Firecrawl API access

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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.natoma.ai/apps/firecrawl.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.