> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://firecrawl-docs-hosted-mcp-resend-parity.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search Only MCP Endpoint

> Use Firecrawl through a fixed, read-only MCP tool set for web and research search

The [Firecrawl MCP Server](/mcp-server) at `https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp` is the default endpoint and provides the complete Firecrawl tool set.

## Endpoint

```text theme={null}
https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp-search
```

Every request requires authentication: connect with OAuth using the endpoint directly, or pass a Firecrawl API key in the `Authorization` header.

```json theme={null}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl-search": {
      "url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp-search",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Available tools

The search-only endpoint exposes exactly these six read-only tools:

| Tool                                | Purpose                                           |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `firecrawl_search`                  | Search the web and return ranked results          |
| `firecrawl_research_search_papers`  | Search research papers                            |
| `firecrawl_research_inspect_paper`  | Get metadata for a paper                          |
| `firecrawl_research_related_papers` | Find related papers through citation links        |
| `firecrawl_research_read_paper`     | Read full-text passages from a paper              |
| `firecrawl_research_search_github`  | Search public repository history and README files |

## Differences from the full MCP endpoint

* The tool set is fixed and read-only.
* Scrape, map, crawl, extract, agent, interact, parse, monitor, and feedback tools are not available.
* `firecrawl_search` does not accept `scrapeOptions` and cannot request page-content fetching.