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crw-mcp

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the CRW web scraper.

Overview

crw-mcp is a self-contained MCP server that gives any MCP-compatible AI client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue.dev, OpenAI Codex CLI) 4 web scraping tools. No external server needed — just add and go.

Two modes:

Mode	When	Setup
Embedded (default)	No `--api-url` set	Self-contained, zero setup
Proxy	`--api-url` provided	Forwards to remote CRW server

4 MCP tools:

Tool	Description
`crw_scrape`	Scrape a single URL → markdown, HTML, JSON, links
`crw_crawl`	Start an async BFS crawl (returns job ID)
`crw_check_crawl_status`	Poll crawl job status and retrieve results
`crw_map`	Discover all URLs on a website

Installation

cargo install crw-mcp

Quick Start (Embedded Mode)

No server to run. Just add crw-mcp to your AI client:

# Claude Code
claude mcp add crw -- crw-mcp

# With custom config via env vars
claude mcp add \
  -e CRW_CRAWLER__MAX_CONCURRENCY=5 \
  -e CRW_RENDERER__LIGHTPANDA__WS_URL=ws://127.0.0.1:9222 \
  crw -- crw-mcp

Proxy Mode (Remote Server)

Connect to fastcrw.com or any remote CRW instance:

# Cloud server
claude mcp add \
  -e CRW_API_URL=https://fastcrw.com/api \
  -e CRW_API_KEY=fc-xxx \
  crw -- crw-mcp

# Local crw-server on custom port
claude mcp add \
  -e CRW_API_URL=http://localhost:4000 \
  crw -- crw-mcp

Or use the HTTP transport directly (no crw-mcp binary needed):

claude mcp add --transport http crw http://localhost:3000/mcp

CLI Options

Flag	Env Var	Description
`--api-url`	`CRW_API_URL`	Remote server URL (enables proxy mode)
`--api-key`	`CRW_API_KEY`	Bearer token for remote server auth
`--config`	`CRW_CONFIG`	Config file path (embedded mode only)
—	`RUST_LOG`	Log level (default: `crw_mcp=info`, logs go to stderr)

Embedded mode configuration

In embedded mode, crw-mcp loads configuration the same way as crw-server: config.default.toml → config.local.toml → environment variable overrides. Env vars use CRW_ prefix with __ as separator:

CRW_CRAWLER__MAX_CONCURRENCY=5
CRW_RENDERER__LIGHTPANDA__WS_URL=ws://127.0.0.1:9222
CRW_CRAWLER__USER_AGENT="MyBot/1.0"

Feature Flags

Feature	Default	Description
`embedded`	on	Self-contained scraping engine (pulls in `crw-server`)

Build a slim proxy-only binary without the embedded engine:

cargo build -p crw-mcp --no-default-features --release

Setup by Client

Claude Code

claude mcp add crw -- crw-mcp

Claude Desktop

Edit your config file:

OS	Path
macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
Windows	`%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
Linux	`~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crw": {
      "command": "crw-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crw": {
      "command": "crw-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crw": {
      "command": "crw-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline (VS Code)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crw": {
      "command": "crw-mcp",
      "alwaysAllow": ["crw_scrape", "crw_map"],
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

Continue.dev (VS Code / JetBrains)

Edit ~/.continue/config.yaml:

mcpServers:
  - name: crw
    command: crw-mcp

OpenAI Codex CLI

Edit ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.crw]
command = "crw-mcp"

Any MCP client

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crw": {
      "command": "crw-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tip: For clients that support HTTP transport, you can still use http://localhost:3000/mcp directly with a running crw-server — no stdio binary needed.

With Proxy Mode Authentication

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crw": {
      "command": "crw-mcp",
      "env": {
        "CRW_API_URL": "https://fastcrw.com/api",
        "CRW_API_KEY": "fc-your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Part of CRW

This crate is part of the CRW workspace — a fast, lightweight, Firecrawl-compatible web scraper built in Rust.

Crate	Description
crw-core	Core types, config, and error handling
crw-renderer	HTTP + CDP browser rendering engine
crw-extract	HTML → markdown/plaintext extraction
crw-crawl	Async BFS crawler with robots.txt & sitemap
crw-server	Firecrawl-compatible API server
crw-cli	Standalone CLI (`crw` binary)
crw-mcp	MCP server binary (this crate)

License

AGPL-3.0 — see LICENSE.

crw-mcp 0.13.4