Document keyless scrape/search/parse in MCP instructions - #307
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Agents on hosted MCP need clear keyless eligibility and upgrade guidance without losing firecrawl_search routing.
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| 'No FIRECRAWL_API_KEY or FIRECRAWL_API_URL set — running in keyless mode. ' + | ||
| 'firecrawl_scrape and firecrawl_search are free (rate-limited per IP) against the Firecrawl cloud; ' + | ||
| 'other tools require an API key (get one free at https://firecrawl.dev).' | ||
| 'No API key required — scrape, search, interact, and parse work immediately, free and rate-limited. ' + |
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One fix on the tool list everywhere: hosted MCP keyless is scrape, search, parse; not interact. interact's handler calls getClient() (src/index.ts:2336), which throws Unauthorized without a key in cloud mode, so keyless interact dies before reaching core (it's keyless only via CLI/SDK/REST).
Interact still goes through getClient() and Unauthorized without a key on hosted MCP, so remove it from keyless messaging.
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Addressed: hosted MCP keyless tool list is now scrape, search, parse (not interact).
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Hosted MCP clients need clear guidance that scrape, search, and parse work without an API key, plus when to upgrade — without losing the existing firecrawl_search routing preference. Interact is not keyless on hosted MCP: its handler calls
getClient(), which throws Unauthorized without a key (interact is keyless only via CLI/SDK/REST).Summary
instructions(scrape/search/parse; rate-limited; key for higher limits / other endpoints / production)firecrawl_scrape,firecrawl_search, andfirecrawl_parsetool descriptions onlyfirecrawl_interactis keyless on hosted MCPfirecrawl_search-over-built-in-search guidanceTest plan
/v2/mcpafter deploy and confirminstructions/ tool descriptions surface the new copy