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DimensionAnki MCP ServerManage Anki learning through AI conversation.Firecrawl MCP ServerFirecrawl's official MCP server for web search, scraping, and structured extraction for AI agents
FMRS62 / 100 · C75 / 100 · B
Reliability9 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions14 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance11 / 2016 / 20
Documentation15 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Individual learners already using Anki and AnkiConnect.
  • Users who want AI-guided review, explanations, and dynamic card creation.
  • Users connecting local Anki to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, or Zed.
  • Scenarios needing clean, structured web context fed to an AI assistant
  • Users already on the Firecrawl platform who want to call its scraping capability directly via MCP
Not for
  • Users without the Anki desktop application or AnkiConnect.
  • Organizations requiring official Anki support or an official integration.
  • Remote users seeking only review workflows; GUI tools are intended for editing and creation, not review sessions.
  • Simple static-page scraping where you don't want to depend on a third-party API and incur call costs
  • Sites that explicitly disallow automated access (robots.txt)
Required permissions
  • Requires access to the configured AnkiConnect URL, which defaults to local http://localhost:8765.
  • Write operations can create, modify, move, and delete Anki content; deletion tools require explicit confirmation.
  • Media imports may read specified file paths or URLs, subject to media security settings.
  • If AnkiWeb sync is enabled, the Anki application synchronizes directly with AnkiWeb.
  • Requires a Firecrawl API key to call; cost and quota are governed by the Firecrawl account
  • firecrawl_agent/firecrawl_interact perform automated browser interaction, which may trigger login or form-submission flows on the target site
Risks and side effects
  • The project is explicitly in beta, and APIs and features may change.
  • Deleting notes permanently removes associated cards; clearing tags, deleting media, and removing fields can also cause data loss.
  • updateNoteFields may silently fail while the note is being viewed in Anki's browser.
  • ngrok mode is unauthenticated, so anyone with the URL may reach Anki; the managed Tunnel requires login authentication.
  • Remote HTTP exposure requires correct ALLOWED_HOSTS configuration; misconfiguration can cause rejected requests or broader exposure.
  • Bulk crawl/map tools can generate significant request volume against a target site — respect the site's rate limits and terms of service
  • firecrawl_agent's interactive action chain is longer — define task boundaries clearly before running it to avoid accidentally triggering actions on a sensitive site
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, ZedClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp
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