How to integrate Firecrawl MCP with Grok Build

Connect Grok Build to Firecrawl MCP. Extract all product prices from this e-commerce site, crawl competitor blogs for latest article summaries, and more from your terminal, with authentication handled for you.

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How to integrate Firecrawl MCP with Grok Build

Grok Build is xAI's terminal coding agent. It runs on Grok 4.5, plans its work before it acts, and can run multiple sub-agents in parallel. It also reads Claude Code's MCP configuration, so any server you already have in a .mcp.json is picked up with no changes.

In this guide, I will show you how to connect your Firecrawl account to Grok Build through Composio, so it can extract all product prices from this e-commerce site, crawl competitor blogs for latest article summaries, map all subpages linked from homepage URL, and more without leaving the terminal. Composio holds the OAuth tokens for you, and Grok Build only calls the tools you approve.

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Why use Composio over a standalone MCP server?

  • Read and write access. Composio's Firecrawl integration lets Grok Build take real actions like creating drafts, sending updates, and labeling records, not just reading data.
  • 1,000+ SaaS toolkits out of the box. One endpoint gives you a full catalog of pre-built connectors, from Gmail and Slack to Notion, Linear, and Salesforce.
  • One MCP server for every app. Wire up a single Composio server instead of maintaining a separate MCP entry for each app.
  • Smart, context-aware tool loading. Grok Build caps how many tools it holds in a single request. Composio loads only the tools a task needs, so you do not spend that budget on tools you are not using.
  • Cross-app automation. Chain actions across apps in one run. Pull a thread, summarize it in Notion, and post the highlights to Slack from a single prompt.

Prerequisites

  • Grok Build installed and signed in. Install with curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash on macOS or Linux, or irm https://x.ai/cli/install.ps1 | iex on Windows PowerShell. On first launch Grok opens a browser to authenticate; for headless or CI use, set an XAI_API_KEY environment variable instead (create the key at console.x.ai).
  • Access to the Firecrawl account you want to connect.
  • The Composio MCP endpoint. Composio's server is remote and hosted, so there is nothing to run locally and no tunnel to set up.

Step-by-step: Connect Firecrawl to Grok Build

1. Install and verify Grok Build

Install the CLI, then restart your shell so the grok binary lands on your PATH:

bash
curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash
which grok

On Windows, install with PowerShell instead: irm https://x.ai/cli/install.ps1 | iex. If which grok returns a path, you are set. Grok Build runs on Grok 4.5 by default; you can switch models inside the session with /model <name>.

2. Add the Composio server

Add Composio as a remote HTTP MCP server with the grok mcp add command:

bash
grok mcp add --transport http composio https://connect.composio.dev/mcp

You can also add and manage servers from inside a session. Run /mcps to open the extensions modal on the MCP tab, then add a new server and paste the Composio URL. Added this way, Grok auto-detects the name from the URL and lists the server as connect:

bash
https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Grok Build /mcps extensions modal listing MCP servers Grok Build adding the Composio MCP server with its URL

Grok also reads Claude Code-style config, so an entry in ~/.grok/config.toml or a project .mcp.json works the same way.

3. Authenticate

Composio uses OAuth. In the /mcps modal, select the Composio server and press i to authenticate (Grok also triggers this browser flow automatically the first time it uses a Composio tool). Click Allow to authorize access. Grok stores the tokens under ~/.grok/mcp_credentials.json, and /mcps shows Composio as connected.

Grok Build prompting to authenticate the Composio MCP server Composio authorization screen with the Allow button for Grok Build

4. Start building

Ask Grok to work with your Firecrawl account through Composio. On the first Firecrawl action, Composio prompts you to connect the account through OAuth. Approve the scopes once, and Composio handles token refresh from there.

What you can do after connecting Firecrawl

  • Extract all product prices from this e-commerce site
  • Crawl competitor blogs for latest article summaries
  • Map all subpages linked from homepage URL
  • Search for recent news articles about AI trends

Security + privacy notes (important)

  • Use least-privilege access. Grant only the Firecrawl scopes you actually need.
  • Review OAuth scopes before approving. Check that the requested scopes match what you expect Composio and Grok Build to do.
  • Keep write actions human-reviewed. Grok Build proposes a plan before it acts. Leave that approval step on for actions like sending messages or editing records.
  • Keep secrets out of version control. Your XAI_API_KEY and any tokens should never be committed. Use environment variables or a secrets manager.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Firecrawl action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Cancel an agent job

Tool to cancel an in-progress agent job by its ID.

Batch scrape multiple URLs

Tool to scrape multiple URLs in batch with concurrent processing.

Cancel a batch scrape job

Tool to cancel a running batch scrape job using its unique identifier.

Get batch scrape status

Retrieves the current status and results of a batch scrape job using the job ID.

Get errors from batch scrape job

Tool to retrieve error details from a batch scrape job, including failed URLs and URLs blocked by robots.

Start a web crawl

Initiates a Firecrawl web crawl from a given URL, applying various filtering and content extraction rules, and polls until the job is complete; ensure the URL is accessible and any regex patterns for paths are valid.

Cancel a crawl job

Cancels an active or queued web crawl job using its ID; attempting to cancel completed, failed, or previously canceled jobs will not change their state.

Cancel a crawl job

Tool to cancel a running crawl job by its ID.

Get crawl job status

Tool to retrieve the status and results of a Firecrawl crawl job.

Get errors from a crawl job

Tool to retrieve errors from a Firecrawl crawl job.

Get all active crawl jobs

Tool to retrieve all active crawl jobs for the authenticated team.

Preview crawl parameters

Preview crawl parameters before starting a crawl by generating optimal configuration from natural language instructions.

Start a web crawl (v2) [NEW]

[NEW v2 API] Initiates a Firecrawl v2 web crawl with enhanced features over v1: natural language prompts for automatic crawler configuration, crawlEntireDomain for sibling/parent page discovery, better depth control with maxDiscoveryDepth, subdomain support, and full webhook configuration.

Get team credit usage

Tool to get current team credit usage information.

Get historical team credit usage

Tool to retrieve historical team credit usage on a monthly basis.

Extract structured data

Extracts structured data from web pages by initiating an extraction job and polling for completion; requires a natural language `prompt` or a JSON `schema` (one must be provided).

Get extract job status

Tool to retrieve the status and results of a previously submitted extract job.

Get agent job status

Tool to get the status and results of an agent job.

Get deep research status

Retrieves the status and results of a deep research job by its ID.

Get the status of a crawl job

Retrieves the current status, progress, and details of a web crawl job, using the job ID obtained when the crawl was initiated.

Generate LLMs.txt for a website

Initiates an async job to generate an LLMs.

Get LLMs.txt generation job status

Tool to get the status and results of an LLMs.

Map multiple URLs

Maps a website by discovering URLs from a starting base URL, with options to customize the crawl via search query, subdomain inclusion, sitemap handling, and result limits; search effectiveness is site-dependent.

Get team queue status

Tool to retrieve metrics about the team's scrape queue.

Scrape URL

Scrapes a publicly accessible URL, optionally performing pre-scrape browser actions or extracting structured JSON using an LLM, to retrieve content in specified formats.

Search

Performs a web search for a query, scrapes content from the top search results using Firecrawl, and returns details in specified formats.

Start an agent job

Tool to start an agent job for agentic web extraction with multi-page navigation and interaction capabilities.

Get team token usage

Tool to retrieve the current team's token usage and balance information for Firecrawl's Extract feature.

Get historical team token usage

Tool to retrieve historical team token usage on a monthly basis.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

A standalone Firecrawl MCP server gives Grok Build a fixed set of Firecrawl tools tied to that one server. The Composio Tool Router lets Grok Build load tools from Firecrawl and many other apps on demand, based on the task, all through a single endpoint.

Yes. Grok Build ships with native MCP support. Add a server with the grok mcp add command, from the in-session /mcps modal, or by editing ~/.grok/config.toml. It also reads Claude Code-style .mcp.json files, so Grok Build discovers the tools automatically.

Yes. Grok Build has zero-migration compatibility with Claude Code's configuration, so the same Composio server entry works in both without edits.

Tokens, keys, and configuration are encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, so your Firecrawl data and credentials are handled to that standard.

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