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Firecrawl × VS Code

Use the Firecrawl MCP server
in VS Code

Web scraping for your AI: turn any website into clean, structured data with scrape, search, and parse tools. This guide connects Firecrawl to VS Code (GitHub Copilot's agent mode) through a governed gateway — one URL that also works in every other MCP client you use, with your rules and a full log attached.

Connect Firecrawl free

Live-probed · Security-scanned · No sign-in required

Setup: Firecrawl in VS Code

VS Code adds MCP servers via MCP server configuration. The gateway route takes about two minutes:

  1. Connect Firecrawl to your free gate gateway from the verified directory.
  2. On your gate overview, click 'Add to VS Code' — VS Code prompts to add the gateway as an HTTP MCP server.
  3. Confirm and approve the sign-in.
  4. Copilot's agent mode can now use Firecrawl — logged and governed through your gateway.

What to ask once it’s connected

“Scrape this product page and give me the specs as a table.”
“Search the web for recent reviews of this tool and summarize them.”
“Parse this article and extract every statistic it cites.”
“Get the pricing page of this competitor and compare it to ours.”

Why route it through a gateway

One URL, every client

The same Firecrawl connection works in Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor too — no per-client re-wiring.

Rules before regret

Allow, ask, or block every tool Firecrawl exposes — reads can flow freely while writes require your approval.

Every call logged

A plain-language activity log of everything VS Code did with Firecrawl — searchable, exportable, auditable.

Scanned and probed

Firecrawl passed a live handshake probe and a security scan before listing — and drift detection watches it after you connect.

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Also available: Firecrawl in Claude · Firecrawl in Claude Code · Firecrawl in ChatGPT · Firecrawl in Cursor