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Setup guide

Set up crawl4ai-mcp-server in OpenAI Agents SDK

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🕷️ A lightweight Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes Crawl4AI web scraping and crawling capabilities as tools for AI agents. Similar to Firecrawl's API but self-hosted and free. Perfect for integrating web scraping into your AI workflows with OpenAI Agents SDK, Cursor, Claude Code, and other MCP-compatible tools.


01Configuration
# crawl4ai-mcp-server via OpenAI Agents SDK # transport: unknown # launch: the server's install method

OpenAI Agents SDK connects to MCP servers in code. Use its MCP client with the command/URL below; exact API varies by version.


02Steps
  1. Make sure OpenAI Agents SDK is installed and up to date.
  2. Wire the server into OpenAI Agents SDK using its MCP client API.
  3. Provide any required API keys/credentials as environment variables.
  4. Restart OpenAI Agents SDK and confirm crawl4ai-mcp-server’s tools appear.

03Other runtimes

04Provenance
config_sourcegenerated from captured install method
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Next step

Ship crawl4ai-mcp-server to your agents as a governed Loadout — config, scopes, and approval rules in one place.

Build a Loadout

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