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Add Firecrawl’s search, scrape, crawl, and browser tools to Google Gemini CLI via MCP.

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Quick Setup

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1. Get Your API Key

Sign up at firecrawl.dev/app and copy your API key.

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2. Add Firecrawl to Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI reads MCP config from ~/.gemini/settings.json (global) or .gemini/settings.json in your project. Add: 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "fc-YOUR-API-KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
Replace fc-YOUR-API-KEY with your Firecrawl API key.

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3. Launch Gemini CLI

gemini
Confirm the server is loaded: 
/mcp list
You should see firecrawl and its tools.

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Quick Demo

Use firecrawl to search the web for "Gemini 2.5 context window" and summarize the top 5 results.

Scrape https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs and outline the sections.

Crawl https://example.com and extract the product names from /products.

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Remote Hosted URL (no Node.js required)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/fc-YOUR-API-KEY/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Troubleshooting

  • Tools don’t show up — restart Gemini CLI after editing settings.json; MCP servers are loaded at startup.
  • spawn npx ENOENT — install Node.js 18+ or use the remote hosted URL.
  • Rate-limited — upgrade your Firecrawl plan at firecrawl.dev/pricing.