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DimensionHass MCP ServerControl and query Home Assistant from Claude and other LLMs — a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.Firecrawl MCP ServerFirecrawl's official MCP server for web search, scraping, and structured extraction for AI agents
FMRS52 / 100 · D75 / 100 · B
Reliability7 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions10 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance7 / 2016 / 20
Documentation14 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Home Assistant users who want natural language control of their smart home
  • Developers who enjoy using AI assistants like Claude
  • Users who need quick troubleshooting of automations and entities
  • 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 who do not need AI control
  • Those who cannot manage long-lived tokens or network configuration
  • Those who need offline or fully local environments without exposing server ports (especially in HTTP mode)
  • 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 a Home Assistant Long-Lived Access Token (HA_TOKEN)
  • Needs network access to the Home Assistant instance via HA_URL
  • In HTTP mode, opens a port that must be protected via proxy or VPN to prevent unauthorized access
  • 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
  • If HTTP mode is exposed to the public internet, anyone can control all smart devices (lights, locks, automations, restart HA)
  • Token leakage could lead to full control of Home Assistant
  • Wrong operations could cause device anomalies or unintended automations
  • 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, Claude CodeClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp
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