| FMRS | 50 / 100 · D | 77 / 100 · B | 75 / 100 · B |
| Reliability | 8 / 20 | 12 / 20 | 13 / 20 |
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| Security and permissions | 10 / 20 | 16 / 20 | 12 / 20 |
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| Maintenance | 10 / 20 | 16 / 20 | 16 / 20 |
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| Documentation | 12 / 20 | 18 / 20 | 17 / 20 |
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| Setup experience | 10 / 20 | 15 / 20 | 17 / 20 |
| Best for | - AI developers needing real-time web data.
- Users integrating live data into Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.
- Scraping tasks requiring structured outputs (HTML, Markdown, screenshots).
- Users needing async large-scale crawling with cloud storage.
| - Hevy PRO users who want AI assistants to directly access their workout data
- People who prefer using MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, Codex for fitness tracking
- Anyone needing summaries and insights from their training data
| - 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
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| Not for | - Scenarios not requiring real-time data and relying only on training data.
- Users wanting fully local processing without external API dependencies.
- Users needing complex custom crawler logic beyond simple fetching.
- Strict compliance environments that do not allow third-party services.
| - Users without a Hevy PRO subscription (API key required)
- Users who want to use the server without an API key
- Those needing delete workflows (Hevy API does not expose delete endpoints)
| - 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)
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| Required permissions | - Requires Crawlbase tokens (normal and JS) to access the API.
- Network access: server must connect to Crawlbase services for crawling.
- In HTTP mode, tokens can be provided via environment variables or request headers.
| - Requires HEVY_API_KEY environment variable for Hevy API authentication
- Can create, update, and replace workouts, routines, folders, templates, and body measurements via tools
- Read operations can fetch workouts, routines, folders, templates, history, and user info
| - 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
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| Risks and side effects | - Dependency on Crawlbase service availability and API limits.
- Traffic to target sites may be blocked or violate their terms of service.
- Misconfiguration or invalid tokens can cause failures.
- Free tokens may have rate limits affecting large-scale use.
| - API key can be misused if leaked; do not expose in URLs, logs, or screenshots
- Create operations may produce duplicates on retry; update operations replace existing records
- The server sends data to the Hevy API and may send telemetry to external services unless disabled
| - 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
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| Supported clients | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf | Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Google Antigravity | Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp |
| Tools | 7 | 26 | 11 |