Web Data and Document Extraction
Use Firecrawl with Microsoft Agent Framework
The recorded connection between Firecrawl and Microsoft Agent Framework is Connected through MCP (Agent Framework MCP client connected to the official Firecrawl MCP server (firecrawl-mcp)). This page records the connection and links the evidence behind it.
This page is published for readers and kept out of the search index until the pairing carries a configuration example checked against the source.
Pairing facts
Why this pairing
A web data API that searches, scrapes, and crawls sites into clean markdown and structured output for AI agents.
Best for: Agents and pipelines that need clean markdown or structured JSON from many pages without running browsers themselves.
Not ideal for: Fully local, no-account workflows. The practical path is the hosted API, and the open-source stack is a larger self-host than a single library install.
Evidence
The Microsoft Learn overview lists MCP clients among the framework's foundational building blocks and states agents call tools and MCP servers. Firecrawl publishes an official MCP server, catalogued on AgentsUse at /mcp/firecrawl, so the pairing runs over MCP rather than a Firecrawl-specific adapter.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/overview/
Compatibility means the cited page documents the pairing. It does not mean AgentsUse benchmarked the combination or that every version behaves the same. Pin versions, start with a small job, and review the first outputs before widening access.
Watch for
- The hosted API needs an account and a key, and usage is metered by the vendor. Check current pricing before building a high-volume job on it.
- The open-source license is AGPL-3.0. Review what that means for your deployment before self-hosting or embedding it.
- No independently checked benchmark is published by AgentsUse for this tool yet. Coverage and latency figures on the vendor site are vendor claims.