{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "firecrawl-mcp", "name": "Firecrawl MCP", "vendor": "Firecrawl (Mendable)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.firecrawl.dev", "kind": "mcp", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Official Firecrawl server for scraping pages to markdown/JSON, mapping and crawling sites, web search, browser interaction, monitoring and an autonomous research agent.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/firecrawl-mcp.json", "repo": "https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "stdio", "streamable-http", "sse" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "firecrawl-mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Hosted endpoints take OAuth (`https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp-oauth`) or `Authorization: Bearer \u003cFIRECRAWL_API_KEY\u003e` on `https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp`. The same URL with no credential is the keyless tier (scrape, search, parse, rate-limited per IP). The search-only endpoint `/v2/mcp-search` has its own OAuth identity. Locally, FIRECRAWL_API_KEY or FIRECRAWL_OAUTH_TOKEN, or FIRECRAWL_API_URL for self-hosted. The README says never to put a key in the server URL. Endpoint- and format-locked keys are Enterprise only.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free 1,000 credits a month, no card. Hobby $19 a month or $16 billed yearly (5,000 credits), Standard $99 or $83 (100,000), Growth $399 or $333 (500,000), Scale $749 or $599 (1 million). Scrape, crawl and map cost 1 credit a page, search 2 per 10 results, interact 2 per browser-minute, monitor 1 per page per check, and JSON, question or highlight formats add 4 a page. $5 top-ups on paid plans only. A scrape with no result isn't charged, but a page returning 403 or 404 costs 1 credit (https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$19 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in README, docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-25).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 26, "popularity": { "githubStars": 7500, "npmWeekly": 28853, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server#readme", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/v2-openapi.json", "registryName": "io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "web.fetch", "web.crawl", "web.extract" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "local", "open-source", "freemium", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 75.5, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 34, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 92, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 50, "reliability": 70, "schema": 88, "security": 67, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Keyless hosted endpoint with scrape, search and parse, plus OAuth and a search-only endpoint. No x402 or other machine payment.", "strengths": [ "Keyless hosted endpoint with scrape, search and parse, plus OAuth and a search-only endpoint", "Four incidents since July 2026, the longest 56 minutes", "Rate limits published per plan and per endpoint", "Public v2 OpenAPI, llms.txt and readOnly or destructive hints on every tool", "firecrawl-mcp 3.27.2 on 1 October 2026, after more than 20 releases since July" ], "weaknesses": [ "No x402 or other machine payment", "No prompt-injection guidance for scraped pages outside retained Alexandria results", "403 and 404 responses cost a credit", "Open issues report 132 undescribed parameters and a schema mismatch", "Privacy policy last revised December 2024, with no retention period for scraped content" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use `firecrawl_map` to list URLs, then scrape the few you need instead of crawling a whole site", "On the keyless endpoint only scrape, search and parse work. A 429 carries a `signup_url` for the human", "Ask for markdown only. JSON, question and highlight formats add 4 credits a page", "Poll `firecrawl_check_crawl_status` rather than waiting on a long crawl inside one call", "Check the URL before scraping. Dead pages still cost a credit" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 75.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 92, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 50, "reliability": 70, "schema": 88, "security": 67, "transparency": 60 }, "provenanceScore": 92 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http firecrawl https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "firecrawl": { "args": [ "-y", "firecrawl-mcp" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "${FIRECRAWL_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/firecrawl-mcp" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Hobby plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "5,000 credits. $16 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Standard plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "100,000 credits. $83 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Extra credits on Hobby", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 5, "note": "one credit scrapes one page" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SideGuide Technologies, Inc. (d/b/a Firecrawl)", "domain": "firecrawl.dev", "domainRegistered": "2024-04-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://firecrawl.dev/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://firecrawl.dev/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.firecrawl.dev", "changelog": "https://firecrawl.dev/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 92 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "firecrawl-mcp", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:47.434892767Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 252, "lastNote": "initialize answered", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 252, "p95ms24h": 290, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 2051, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-27", "probes": 132, "ok": 132 }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "probes": 285, "ok": 285 }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 267, "ok": 267 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.firecrawl.dev", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:01.76749658Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server", "version": "v3.2.1", "released": "2025-09-26", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:27:08.694881485Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server", "version": "3.27.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-03T23:29:28.630222764Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "firecrawl-mcp", "version": "3.27.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:27:07.836823407Z" } ], "githubStars": 7550, "npmWeekly": 189581, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://firecrawl.dev/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-06-10T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:38.390602548Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:45.993583711Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "firecrawl.dev", "registered": "2024-04-08", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/firecrawl.dev", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:05.084729774Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://firecrawl.dev/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:43.44271991Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:43.44271991Z", "fingerprint": "f365a314c8cc" }, { "url": "https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:17.215694523Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:17.215694523Z", "fingerprint": "59c60c10f7e3" }, { "url": "https://firecrawl.dev/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:47.075047354Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:47.075047354Z", "fingerprint": "c8532b5714ba" }, { "url": "https://firecrawl.dev/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:47.948137801Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:47.948137801Z", "fingerprint": "c54c86b53a0b" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T22:19:41.267062117Z", "status": "ok", "protocol": "2025-11-25", "tools": [ { "name": "firecrawl_scrape", "title": "Firecrawl scrape", "description": "\nScrape one URL and return its content: markdown by default, or HTML, links, screenshots, branding data, a targeted answer, or JSON matching a supplied schema. Use it when the request identifies a page and needs its content or defined fields. Use `firecrawl_search` when additional web sources are needed; on an authenticated session, `firecrawl_map` lists a site's URLs and `firecrawl_crawl` collects a set of pages.\n\nFirecrawl may serve recently indexed content; set `maxAge: 0` for a live fetch or a smaller `maxAge` to bound staleness. A successful response does not by itself confirm the page is still current. Browser actions can change the live page when interactive actions are enabled. Authenticated responses can include a `metadata.scrapeId` for optional scrape feedback.\n\nOn an authenticated session with Alexandria access, `firecrawl_search` with `sources` unset and `firecrawl_find_tools` can discover providers for the same fields across several pages; a matching provider returns typed records in one call. Keyless sessions have no provider matches.\n\nAlexandria mode, on an authenticated session with Alexandria access: `alexandria` selects catalogued capability execution and is mutually exclusive with `url`.\n", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "alexandria": { "anyOf": [ { "properties": { "capability": { "description": "Capability address as returned by search or discover, e.g. \"series/observations\".", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "options": { "additionalProperties": {}, "description": "Capability options as declared by its contract.", "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" }, "provider": { "description": "Provider slug, e.g. \"fred\".", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "version": { "description": "Optional published workflow version. Omit to use the latest version.", "maxLength": 128, "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "provider", "capability" ], "type": "object" }, { "items": { "properties": { "capability": { "description": "Capability address as returned by search or discover, e.g. \"series/observations\".", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "options": { "additionalProperties": {}, "description": "Capability options as declared by its contract.", "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" }, "provider": { "description": "Provider slug, e.g. \"fred\".", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "version": { "description": "Optional published workflow version. Omit to use the latest version.", "maxLength": 128, "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "provider", "capability" ], "type": "object" }, "maxItems": 10, "minItems": 1, "type": "array" } ], "description": "Catalogued Alexandria capability invocation, mutually exclusive with url. One {provider, capability, options} object or an array of 1-10, with contracts available through firecrawl_search or firecrawl_find_tools. Each call may include version to pin a published workflow; omitting it uses latest. Only requestId and timeout are supported alongside alexandria. The selected contract marks required inputs and any requiresOneOf groups (at least one member per group); it may include example.request/example.response and response.key (which may differ from records). Where pagination is declared, its fields govern paging with the same filters; catalogue next is separate from provider pagination. Returns per-capability results in data.alexandria with data, records, or an error with a code; individual capabilities can fail even when the outer response succeeds. Requires an API key on a team with Alexandria enabled. Some providers require accepted terms; blocked requests return the applicable requirements." }, "domainTools": { "description": "URL mode only: include domain-matched Alexandria tools for the page in tools on the returned document. Ignored with alexandria.", "type": "boolean" }, "excludeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "formats": { "items": { "enum": [ "markdown", "html", "rawHtml", "screenshot", "links", "summary", "changeTracking", "branding", "json", "query", "audio" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "includeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "jsonOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "prompt": { "type": "string" }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": false, "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "location": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "country": { "type": "string" }, "languages": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" } }, "type": "object" }, "lockdown": { "type": "boolean" }, "maxAge": { "type": "number" }, "mobile": { "type": "boolean" }, "onlyMainContent": { "type": "boolean" }, "parsers": { "items": { "enum": [ "pdf" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "pdfOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "maxPages": { "maximum": 10000, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" } }, "type": "object" }, "profile": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" }, "saveChanges": { "type": "boolean" } }, "required": [ "name" ], "type": "object" }, "proxy": { "enum": [ "basic", "stealth", "enhanced", "auto" ], "type": "string" }, "queryOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "mode": { "default": "freeform", "enum": [ "directQuote", "freeform" ], "type": "string" }, "prompt": { "maxLength": 10000, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "prompt" ], "type": "object" }, "redactPII": { "type": "boolean" }, "removeBase64Images": { "type": "boolean" }, "requestId": { "description": "Idempotency key bound to one Alexandria execution payload. Generated when omitted and returned with the result.", "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9._:-]{1,128}$", "type": "string" }, "screenshotOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "fullPage": { "type": "boolean" }, "quality": { "type": "number" }, "viewport": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "height": { "type": "number" }, "width": { "type": "number" } }, "required": [ "width", "height" ], "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "skipTlsVerification": { "type": "boolean" }, "storeInCache": { "type": "boolean" }, "timeout": { "description": "Execution timeout in milliseconds.", "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "toolDetail": { "description": "URL mode only: domain discovery detail, summary by default; compact returns provider/capability/description, full includes contracts. Ignored with alexandria.", "enum": [ "compact", "summary", "full" ], "type": "string" }, "url": { "format": "uri", "type": "string" }, "waitFor": { "type": "number" }, "zeroDataRetention": { "type": "boolean" } }, "type": "object" }, "outputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "description": "A scraped document, or the Alexandria execution envelope when `alexandria` was passed.", "properties": { "actions": { "description": "Results of the browser actions that ran during the scrape." }, "agent_hints": { "description": "Optional response guidance from the Firecrawl API.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "answer": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Targeted answer to the question that was asked of the page." }, "attributes": { "description": "Values collected by the requested attribute selectors." }, "audio": { "description": "Audio extracted from the page." }, "blocks": { "description": "Typed PDF layout blocks, when `parsers[].blocks` is set." }, "branding": { "description": "Branding data extracted from the page." }, "changeTracking": { "description": "Change-tracking comparison against the previous scrape." }, "creditsCost": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Credits this call consumed." }, "data": { "description": "Alexandria mode: per-capability results in `data.alexandria`, each with `data`, `records`, or an `error`." }, "delivery": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "`retained` when the full result stayed server-side instead of being inlined." }, "error": { "description": "Error message or error object when the call did not succeed." }, "estimatedTokens": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Estimated token cost of the full result." }, "feedbackTool": { "description": "Pointer to the feedback tool for reporting how this result served the task." }, "highlights": { "description": "Highlighted passages from the page." }, "html": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Processed HTML of the page." }, "idleTtlSeconds": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Seconds a retained workspace stays available while idle." }, "images": { "description": "Images found on the page." }, "inlineTokenBudget": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Token budget above which a result is retained rather than inlined." }, "json": { "description": "Structured data matching the requested JSON schema or prompt." }, "links": { "description": "Links found on the page." }, "markdown": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Page content as markdown." }, "menu": { "description": "Menu data extracted from the page." }, "message": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Guidance that accompanies the result." }, "metadata": { "description": "Page metadata; authenticated responses can include `metadata.scrapeId` for scrape feedback." }, "nextTool": { "description": "A follow-up tool call (`{name, arguments}`) that continues or inspects this result." }, "pages": { "description": "Physical PDF pages, when `parsers[].pages` is set." }, "product": { "description": "Product data extracted from the page." }, "rawHtml": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Unprocessed HTML of the page." }, "receipt": { "description": "Billing receipt for the execution." }, "requestId": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Identifier of this Alexandria execution." }, "responseBytes": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Size of the full result in bytes." }, "scrape_id": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Identifier of the underlying scrape." }, "screenshot": { "description": "Screenshot of the page." }, "success": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "boolean" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Whether the API call succeeded." }, "summary": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Summary of the page content." }, "tokenEstimateMethod": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "How `estimatedTokens` was derived." }, "tools": { "description": "Domain-matched Alexandria tools for the page, when `domainTools` is set." }, "video": { "description": "Video extracted from the page." }, "warning": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Non-fatal warning about the result." }, "workspaceId": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Workspace holding a retained result, for inspection through virtual Bash." } }, "type": "object" }, "annotations": { "destructiveHint": false, "openWorldHint": true, "readOnlyHint": true, "title": "Firecrawl scrape" } }, { "name": "firecrawl_search", "title": "Firecrawl web search", "description": "\nSearch web, news, or image sources and return ranked results with query-relevant highlights. Each web result is a title, URL, and description; use `firecrawl_scrape` on a result URL when the excerpt is not enough.\n\nAuthenticated search also returns matching Alexandria data providers in data.tools (companies, people, jobs, finance and filings, public records and government spending, real estate, places and restaurants, retail and prices, package registries and developer data, news, research, and more). Prefer a provider over scraping pages when the task needs the same fields across several entities, exact figures or timestamps, provenance, or many records; use web results when they already answer the question. A search with sources: [\"web\"] omits semantic provider discovery; domainTools: true can still return website-matched tools. Web-only results use domainTools: false.\n\nOn an authenticated session, tool matches describe available capabilities; `firecrawl_find_tools` returns their contracts and `firecrawl_scrape` with an `alexandria` body executes a selected capability. Keyless sessions get no Alexandria matches in data.tools.\n\nFor a programming question, add `categories: [\"developer\"]`; its hits return in `data.web` with `category: \"developer\"`. `categories: [\"research\"]` restricts web results to research-affiliated websites; the `firecrawl_research_*` tools are a separate surface over paper abstracts and full text (PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv). Query operators, domain filters, `categories`, `toolDetail` and `scrapeOptions` are described on their parameters. Returns source-type result groups and usage metadata. Authenticated responses can include an `id` for optional search feedback.\n", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "categories": { "description": "Limit results to specific source types. `research` restricts ordinary web results to research-affiliated websites and returns page snippets, which is separate from the `firecrawl_research_*` tools that search paper abstracts and full text across biomedical (PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv) and arXiv literature; `pdf` searches PDF results; `developer` searches an index built for coding agents over public repositories, GitHub issues, merged pull requests, repository READMEs, and code documentation. `developer` returns hits in `data.web` with `category: \"developer\"`; the other categories also filter `data.web`.", "items": { "enum": [ "research", "pdf", "developer" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "clientModel": { "description": "Optional model identifier, if known.", "maxLength": 128, "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "domainTools": { "description": "Include domain-matched tools for result URLs. Defaults to true when Alexandria is combined with web, news or images; semantic-only search leaves domain matching off.", "type": "boolean" }, "enterprise": { "items": { "enum": [ "default", "anon", "zdr" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "excludeDomains": { "description": "Hostnames to leave out of results. Mutually exclusive with includeDomains.", "items": { "maxLength": 253, "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9]$", "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "filter": { "type": "string" }, "highlights": { "description": "Return query-relevant page excerpts for web and news results when available (default). Highlights appear in web `description` and news `snippet`; otherwise, original snippets are returned. Set to false to keep the original search snippets.", "type": "boolean" }, "includeDomains": { "description": "Hostnames to restrict results to. Mutually exclusive with excludeDomains.", "items": { "maxLength": 253, "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9]$", "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "limit": { "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" }, "location": { "type": "string" }, "objective": { "description": "Optional broader goal for this search, if known. Avoid sensitive information.", "maxLength": 5000, "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "query": { "description": "Query for web and semantic tool discovery. Operators include quoted phrases, `-term`, `site:host`, `inurl:term`, `intitle:term`, and `related:host`; the set is non-exhaustive. Catalogue browsing is available through firecrawl_find_tools.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "scrapeOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "Attach page content for web results in the same call. These fetches ignore maxAge, so use firecrawl_scrape when you need a live fetch. scrapeOptions fetches web pages, never Alexandria provider tools.", "properties": { "excludeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "formats": { "items": { "enum": [ "markdown", "html", "rawHtml", "screenshot", "links", "summary", "changeTracking", "branding", "json", "query", "audio" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "includeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "jsonOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "prompt": { "type": "string" }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": false, "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "location": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "country": { "type": "string" }, "languages": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" } }, "type": "object" }, "lockdown": { "type": "boolean" }, "maxAge": { "type": "number" }, "mobile": { "type": "boolean" }, "onlyMainContent": { "type": "boolean" }, "parsers": { "items": { "enum": [ "pdf" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "pdfOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "maxPages": { "maximum": 10000, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" } }, "type": "object" }, "profile": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" }, "saveChanges": { "type": "boolean" } }, "required": [ "name" ], "type": "object" }, "proxy": { "enum": [ "basic", "stealth", "enhanced", "auto" ], "type": "string" }, "queryOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "mode": { "default": "freeform", "enum": [ "directQuote", "freeform" ], "type": "string" }, "prompt": { "maxLength": 10000, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "prompt" ], "type": "object" }, "redactPII": { "type": "boolean" }, "removeBase64Images": { "type": "boolean" }, "screenshotOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "fullPage": { "type": "boolean" }, "quality": { "type": "number" }, "viewport": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "height": { "type": "number" }, "width": { "type": "number" } }, "required": [ "width", "height" ], "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "skipTlsVerification": { "type": "boolean" }, "storeInCache": { "type": "boolean" }, "waitFor": { "type": "number" }, "zeroDataRetention": { "type": "boolean" } }, "type": "object" }, "sources": { "description": "Search sources; authenticated sessions default to web + alexandria, keyless sessions to web only. A search with sources: [\"web\"] omits semantic provider discovery; domainTools: true can still return website-matched tools. Web-only results use domainTools: false. Use [\"alexandria\"] alone for provider discovery without web results.", "items": { "anyOf": [ { "enum": [ "web", "images", "news", "alexandria", "exchange" ], "type": "string" }, { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "type": { "enum": [ "web", "images", "news", "alexandria", "exchange" ], "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "type" ], "type": "object" } ] }, "type": "array" }, "tbs": { "type": "string" }, "toolDetail": { "description": "Compact by default. Compact returns only provider, capability and description; full includes contracts. Inspect selected compact tools with firecrawl_find_tools providers and capabilities.", "enum": [ "compact", "summary", "full" ], "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "query" ], "type": "object" }, "outputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "description": "Ranked search results grouped by source.", "properties": { "agent_hints": { "description": "Optional response guidance from the Firecrawl API.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "creditsUsed": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Credits this search consumed." }, "data": { "description": "Ranked results grouped by source, such as `web`, `news`, `images`, and `alexandria`." }, "error": { "description": "Error message or error object when the call did not succeed." }, "feedbackTool": { "description": "Pointer to the feedback tool for this search." }, "id": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Search identifier, for optional `firecrawl_search_feedback`." }, "nextTool": { "description": "A follow-up tool call that continues this search." }, "success": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "boolean" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Whether the API call succeeded." }, "tools": { "description": "Domain-matched Alexandria tools for the results." }, "warning": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Non-fatal warning about the result." } }, "type": "object" }, "annotations": { "destructiveHint": false, "openWorldHint": true, "readOnlyHint": true, "title": "Firecrawl web search" } }, { "name": "firecrawl_parse", "title": "Firecrawl file parsing", "description": "\nParse one supported document into markdown, HTML, links, summary, targeted answers, or JSON matching a schema. Supported inputs include common HTML, PDF, Word, RTF, OpenDocument, and spreadsheet files; PDF parsing can be bounded with `pdfOptions.maxPages`.\n\nLocal MCP reads `filePath` from the server filesystem. Hosted MCP uses two calls: first provide `filePath` to receive upload instructions, upload locally, then call again with the returned `uploadRef`; do not send both fields together. Remote web URLs belong in `firecrawl_scrape`.\n\nSet `redactPII` to request redaction of personally identifiable information in the returned content. `zeroDataRetention` requires an eligible authenticated account; omit it for anonymous keyless use. Returns upload instructions for hosted phase one or parsed document content for the final call. Authenticated final responses can include a `data.metadata.scrapeId` for optional parse feedback.\n", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "contentType": { "description": "Phase 1 MIME type override. If omitted, the server infers it from the file extension without reading the file.", "type": "string" }, "declaredSizeBytes": { "description": "Optional phase 1 size declaration. Hosted MCP does not stat the file; provide this only if the caller already knows it.", "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "excludeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "filePath": { "description": "Phase 1 only: path to the local file on the caller/harness machine. Hosted MCP will not read or stat this path; it is used only to produce upload instructions.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "formats": { "items": { "enum": [ "markdown", "html", "rawHtml", "links", "summary", "json", "query" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "includeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "jsonOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "prompt": { "type": "string" }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": false, "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "maxAge": { "description": "Ignored: parse never reuses or stores indexed content.", "type": "number" }, "onlyMainContent": { "type": "boolean" }, "parsers": { "items": { "enum": [ "pdf" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "pdfOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "maxPages": { "maximum": 10000, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" } }, "type": "object" }, "proxy": { "enum": [ "basic", "auto" ], "type": "string" }, "queryOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "mode": { "default": "freeform", "enum": [ "directQuote", "freeform" ], "type": "string" }, "prompt": { "maxLength": 10000, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "prompt" ], "type": "object" }, "redactPII": { "type": "boolean" }, "removeBase64Images": { "type": "boolean" }, "skipTlsVerification": { "type": "boolean" }, "storeInCache": { "type": "boolean" }, "uploadRef": { "description": "Phase 2 only: short-lived upload reference returned by phase 1 after the local PUT upload completes.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "zeroDataRetention": { "type": "boolean" } }, "type": "object" }, "outputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "description": "Parsed document content, or the upload instructions for the hosted two-call flow.", "properties": { "agent_hints": { "description": "Optional response guidance from the Firecrawl API.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "data": { "description": "Parsed document content; can include `data.metadata.scrapeId` for parse feedback." }, "error": { "description": "Error message or error object when the call did not succeed." }, "message": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Guidance for the next call." }, "mode": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Which phase of the hosted flow produced this response." }, "nextToolCall": { "description": "Hosted phase one: the second `firecrawl_parse` call to make once the upload succeeds, as `{name, arguments}`." }, "notes": { "anyOf": [ { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Hosted phase one: constraints on completing the upload flow." }, "raw": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Response body when it was not JSON." }, "success": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "boolean" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Whether the API call succeeded." }, "upload": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "Hosted phase one: how to upload the local file.", "properties": { "command": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Local command that performs the upload. It carries no Firecrawl API key." }, "expiresAt": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "When the upload URL expires." }, "fields": { "description": "Form fields the upload request must send, for a POST upload." }, "headers": { "description": "Headers the upload request must send." }, "maxSizeBytes": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Largest file the upload URL accepts." }, "method": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "HTTP method for the upload." }, "uploadRef": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Reference to pass back on the second call." }, "uploadUrl": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "URL to upload the local file to." } }, "type": "object" }, "warning": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Non-fatal warning about the result." } }, "type": "object" }, "annotations": { "destructiveHint": false, "openWorldHint": false, "readOnlyHint": true, "title": "Firecrawl file parsing" } } ], "schemaTokens": 6347, "changedAt": "2026-09-28T21:55:47.203996335Z", "check": { "checker": "anchor-check/1.0", "totalTokens": 6347, "counts": { "error": 0, "note": 0, "warn": 5 }, "findings": [ { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_parse", "message": "none of its 19 parameters has a description", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_scrape", "message": "none of its 27 parameters has a description", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_search", "message": "none of its 16 parameters has a description", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC22", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_scrape", "message": "the definition is about 2,695 tokens", "fix": "Trim the description and parameter docs, or split the tool." }, { "rule": "TC22", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_search", "message": "the definition is about 2,231 tokens", "fix": "Trim the description and parameter docs, or split the tool." } ] } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:47.434892767Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "you-com-api", "name": "You.com APIs", "vendor": "You.com", "vendorUrl": "https://you.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "Web Search, Contents, Answer, Research and Finance Research APIs, plus a hosted MCP server with six tools.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/you-com-api.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.you.com/v1/search", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "youdotcom" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@youdotcom-oss/sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@youdotcom-oss/mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API key in the `X-API-Key` header (env `YDC_API_KEY`). The hosted MCP also takes a Bearer key or OAuth 2.1, and `?profile=free` needs no key. Web Search and Finance Research take x402 (`PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`) or MPP (`Authorization: Payment`) instead of a key.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "$100 free credit for new accounts, no card, then prepaid credits. Web Search $5 per 1,000 calls (up to 100 results a call), live page extraction $1 per 1,000 pages, Contents $1 per 1,000 pages, Answer $5 per 1,000. Research per 1,000 by effort, lite $12, standard $50, deep $100, exhaustive $450, frontier $1,200. Finance Research $110 (deep) or $500 (exhaustive) per 1,000. x402 prices match credit prices, MPP rounds Web Search up to $0.01 (https://you.com/docs/administration/billing).", "priceSummary": "$5 / 1k req", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "partial", "evidence": "Official docs. GET /v1/search, /v1/agents/search and POST /v1/finance_research accept x402 in USDC on Base or Solana, and MPP in USDC on Tempo. An unpaid GET https://api.you.com/v1/search returned 402 with both PAYMENT-REQUIRED and WWW-Authenticate Payment headers on 2026-09-30. Contents, Answer and Research need a key (https://you.com/docs/administration/machine-payments.md)", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://api.you.com/v1/search", "priceUsd": 0.005, "network": "eip155:8453" }, { "url": "https://api.you.com/v1/finance_research", "priceUsd": 0.11, "network": "eip155:8453" } ] }, "toolCount": 6, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 4419, "pypiWeekly": 91673, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://you.com/docs/welcome", "llmsTxt": "https://you.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://you.com/docs/openapi.json", "registryName": "io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "web.fetch", "web.extract", "search.answer", "search.research", "search.news" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "free-tier", "mcp", "x402", "llms-txt", "openapi", "python", "typescript", "async-jobs", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 76.9, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 24, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 84, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 88, "reliability": 85, "schema": 82, "security": 53, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed. Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io.", "strengths": [ "x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed", "$100 free credit with no card, plus a keyless MCP profile for search (100 queries a day)", "Public OpenAPI, llms.txt and an error reference with guidance per code", "429 carries Retry-After, with documented backoff and rate-limit headers", "MCP tool allow-lists through `?tools=` or `X-Allowed-Tools`" ], "weaknesses": [ "Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io", "No public changelog or deprecation notices", "Zero Data Retention only for Web Search and Answer, and only on enterprise agreements", "No prompt-injection guidance for the page text Search and Contents return", "Research runs cost $12 to $1,200 per 1,000 depending on effort" ], "agentNotes": [ "For unattended runs call GET https://api.you.com/v1/search, handle the 402 and pay with x402. It's half the MPP price for search", "Use `https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free` to try search with no key (100 queries a day)", "Send Answer, Research and Finance Research to api.you.com. On ydc-index.io they fail with 'Missing Authentication Token'", "Pass `?tools=` with only the tools you need to keep the MCP tool list short", "On 429, wait for `Retry-After` and watch `X-RateLimit-Remaining` before the next burst" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 76.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 84, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 88, "reliability": 85, "schema": 82, "security": 53, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://ydc-index.io/v1/search \\\n -H \"X-API-Key: $YDC_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"query\":\"latest AI news\",\"count\":5}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http you-com https://api.you.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${YDC_API_KEY}\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "you-com": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${YDC_API_KEY}" }, "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp" } } }, "x402": "curl -si 'https://api.you.com/v1/search?query=test'\n# HTTP/2 402 with PAYMENT-REQUIRED (x402, 5000 base units of USDC) and WWW-Authenticate: Payment (MPP on Tempo)\n# retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: \u003cbase64 signed authorization\u003e" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/you-com-api" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Web Search", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "up to 100 results a call" }, { "item": "Contents", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 1 }, { "item": "Answer", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5 }, { "item": "Research, standard effort", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 50 }, { "item": "Web Search over x402", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.005, "note": "MPP charges $0.01" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SuSea, Inc., d/b/a you.com", "domain": "you.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-11-25", "domainNote": "you.com was registered in 1998, long before the company launched.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://you.com/terms", "privacy": "https://you.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.you.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "Web Search and Contents are documented on ydc-index.io, a separate domain. api.you.com also serves /v1/search.", "status.you.com is a Rootly page with Search/Index, Live News and AI Search components. It returned 403 on 30 September and loaded on 1 October.", "trust.you.com links a vulnerability disclosure page and a subprocessor list, but renders only with JavaScript." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.json", "live": { "slug": "you-com-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.you.com/v1/search", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:56.96375829Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 402, "lastMs": 776, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 99.26, "uptime30d": 99.82, "p50ms24h": 810, "p95ms24h": 3578, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1097, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 267, "ok": 265 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.you.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:34.73831686Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp", "version": "4.0.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-03T23:29:28.630222764Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@youdotcom-oss/mcp", "version": "4.0.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:32.728399136Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@youdotcom-oss/sdk", "version": "0.13.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:31.782719214Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "youdotcom", "version": "3.5.0", "released": "2026-09-22", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:31.595022024Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 5016, "pypiWeekly": 114022, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://you.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:39.421151299Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://you.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:22.755690727Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "you.com", "registered": "1998-11-25", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/you.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:43.715973858Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://you.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:04.964952624Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:29:08.544804959Z", "fingerprint": "b84ad4cf0729" }, { "url": "https://you.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:07.180454259Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:29:11.109355049Z", "fingerprint": "662298a7f244" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:56.96375829Z" } }, "summary": "You.com APIs has a score of 76.9 (BB) against Firecrawl MCP's 75.5 (BB). Both do web search. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 38 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-you-com-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-you-com-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-you-com-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "You.com APIs has a score of 76.9 (BB) against Firecrawl MCP's 75.5 (BB). Both do web search. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 38 points.\n\n- Firecrawl MCP: grade BB, 75.5/100, rank #34 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/firecrawl-mcp.json\n- You.com APIs: grade BB, 76.9/100, rank #24 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/you-com-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Firecrawl MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+6), agent ergonomics (+8), security \u0026 auth (+14), maintenance \u0026 community (+5), transparency \u0026 trust (+13).\n\nPick You.com APIs for reliability (+15), payments \u0026 pricing (+38).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Firecrawl MCP | You.com APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 85 | You.com APIs +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 82 | Firecrawl MCP +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 84 | Firecrawl MCP +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 67 | 53 | Firecrawl MCP +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 88 | You.com APIs +38 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 82 | Firecrawl MCP +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 63 | Firecrawl MCP +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **75.5 · BB** | **76.9 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Firecrawl MCP | You.com APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Firecrawl (Mendable) | You.com |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp` | `https://api.you.com/v1/search` |\n| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | 26 | 6 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server` | `io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Popularity | 7.5k stars, 29k npm/wk | 4.4k npm/wk, 92k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (8) | 3.8/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Firecrawl MCP.** Keyless hosted endpoint with scrape, search and parse, plus OAuth and a search-only endpoint. No x402 or other machine payment.\n\n**You.com APIs.** x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed. Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Firecrawl MCP\n\n1. Use `firecrawl_map` to list URLs, then scrape the few you need instead of crawling a whole site\n2. On the keyless endpoint only scrape, search and parse work. A 429 carries a `signup_url` for the human\n3. Ask for markdown only. JSON, question and highlight formats add 4 credits a page\n4. Poll `firecrawl_check_crawl_status` rather than waiting on a long crawl inside one call\n5. Check the URL before scraping. Dead pages still cost a credit\n\n### You.com APIs\n\n1. For unattended runs call GET https://api.you.com/v1/search, handle the 402 and pay with x402. It's half the MPP price for search\n2. Use `https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free` to try search with no key (100 queries a day)\n3. Send Answer, Research and Finance Research to api.you.com. On ydc-index.io they fail with 'Missing Authentication Token'\n4. Pass `?tools=` with only the tools you need to keep the MCP tool list short\n5. 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