Can VS Code & GitHub Copilot Use Firecrawl? MCP Setup (2026)

Q: Can VS Code & GitHub Copilot use Firecrawl?

Yes. Add a remote URL in VS Code’s mcp.json ("type": "http"). Firecrawl's official server, Firecrawl MCP Server, is live and uses API key. Checked live on 2026-10-27.

Updated October 27, 2026 · from live checks of 50,180 MCP servers · Methodology

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Remote Firecrawl servers

Server	Publisher	Status	Sign-in	Tools	Trust
Firecrawl MCP Server Yours? Claim it	Official	Live	API key	3	A
Firecrawl Yours? Claim it	Community	Live	No auth	—	B
Ragfeed Yours? Claim it	Community	Live · sign-in	OAuth sign-in	—	C
xpay Web Scraping Yours? Claim it	Community	Not checked	Unknown	—	D
xpay Competitive Intel Yours? Claim it	Community	Not checked	Unknown	—	D
ExtractEdge Yours? Claim it	Community	Down	Unknown	—	D
Firecrawl Alternative Stealth MCP Yours? Claim it	Community	Down	Unknown	—	D

Local Firecrawl servers

Server	Publisher	Status	Sign-in	Tools	Trust
Deepcrawl Yours? Claim it	Registry domain	Local install	No auth	—	B
Firecrawl Yours? Claim it	Registry domain	Local install	No auth	—	C
web-retrieval-mcp Yours? Claim it	Community	Local install	API key	—	C
Agentfetch Yours? Claim it	Community	Local install	API key	—	C
PageMap Yours? Claim it	Community	Local install	No auth	—	C

How to add Firecrawl to VS Code & GitHub Copilot

Open the Command Palette and run MCP: Add Server. Choose HTTP for a server URL or Command (stdio) for a local install command.
Or edit .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace: VS Code’s format puts servers under a top-level "servers" object (remote: "type": "http" + "url"; local: "type": "stdio" + "command"). Portable Copilot files (.mcp.json, ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json) use "mcpServers" instead, so don’t copy between them unchecked.
Sign in if the server asks, then use its tools in Copilot agent chat.

Example for Firecrawl MCP Server (from the table above), in .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Menus change, so check the VS Code MCP configuration reference. Every server page has a copy-paste config for VS Code & GitHub Copilot.

Is it safe to connect Firecrawl to VS Code & GitHub Copilot?

Use the official server run by Firecrawl. Anything a tool returns is sent to the AI vendor, so use a business plan that doesn't train on your data.

Can ChatGPT or Claude connect to Firecrawl?

See https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/chatgpt/firecrawl/ and https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/claude/firecrawl/

Does Firecrawl have an official MCP server?

Yes: Firecrawl MCP Server (io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server), published by Firecrawl in the official MCP Registry. Endpoint: https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp. Full list: https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/apps/firecrawl/

Can VS Code & GitHub Copilot use Firecrawl?

Official Firecrawl route