Web Research

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Search the web, read clean page text and map website URLs.

Connect your Firecrawl API key. Search public pages, extract Markdown and discover website URLs with bounded requests. Provider credits are charged through your own Firecrawl account.

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Server URL

streamable http

https://toolcargo.com/mcp/web-research

Claude Code

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user toolcargo-web-research https://toolcargo.com/mcp/web-research \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Create a key in your dashboard. Other clients: setup guides.

What it helps you do

Search with source links
Read clean public page text
Map website URLs
Check Firecrawl credit balance

Built for: Agencies and researchers gathering source material from public websites.

Example requests

Find sources

“Use ToolCargo Web Research to find current Saudi ecommerce reports.”

Public page titles, URLs and snippets.

Read a source

“Read that public page as clean text.”

Title, Markdown and links with truncation reported.

Find key pages

“Map the public pricing pages on this website.”

A bounded URL map filtered by pricing.

Step-by-step workflows: pre-launch check · fixing link previews

Tools

Tool	What it does	Access
`web_search` Search the web	Search public web pages with your Firecrawl account. Returns titles, URLs and snippets, up to 10 results. Uses provider credits.	Read-only
`web_scrape` Read a public page	Extract a public page as clean Markdown with title and links. No login, custom headers or browser actions. Uses provider credits; text is capped.	Read-only
`web_map` Map a public website	Find up to 100 public page URLs on a website, optionally filtered by a search term. This maps URLs, not a full crawl. Uses provider credits.	Read-only
`firecrawl_credit_usage` Firecrawl credit balance	Check remaining and plan credits in your connected Firecrawl account. No scraping is performed.	Read-only

Requirements

• A ToolCargo account with Site Audit activated (free).
• Your own Firecrawl API key and provider credits. Connect at /web-research.

Limitations

• Firecrawl costs are separate from ToolCargo quotas.
• Public pages only; no login sessions, custom headers or browser actions.
• Mapping returns URLs, not a full content crawl. Results and request duration are capped.
• The key is encrypted and deleted on disconnect.

Supported clients

“Tested” means we connected that client to this endpoint and ran a tool call ourselves. “Documented” means the client supports this setup per its own docs, but we have not tested it yet.

Claude Code	API key header	Documented, not yet tested	This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide.
Claude (claude.ai)	OAuth sign-in	Documented, not yet tested	This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide.
Cursor	API key header	Documented, not yet tested	This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide.
VS Code (Copilot agent mode)	API key header	Documented, not yet tested	This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide.
ChatGPT (developer mode)	OAuth sign-in	Documented, not yet tested	This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide.
MCP Inspector	API key header	Documented, not yet tested	This endpoint has not yet been tested in this client. See the setup guide.

Pricing

Included with Site Audit. Each successful tool call counts as one shared Site Audit call; Firecrawl credits are separate.

Free

For trying the connector on your own sites.

50 calls/month

Pro

$12/mo

For freelancers and agencies auditing client sites every week.

2,000 calls/month

Proposed test price. See the pricing page for checkout status.

Full pricing and billing details