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DimensionHermes Atlas MCP ServerBring the Hermes Atlas ecosystem catalog to any MCP client.Firecrawl MCP ServerFirecrawl's official MCP server for web search, scraping, and structured extraction for AI agents
FMRS43 / 100 · D75 / 100 · B
Reliability6 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions10 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance8 / 2016 / 20
Documentation7 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience12 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Developers and teams using Hermes Agent who want to discover community tools and integrations.
  • Users who want to access live catalog information through MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.
  • Users who need up-to-date ecosystem data, as data is fetched live and cached briefly.
  • 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 needing offline catalog access independent of the internet (data is fetched live from hermesatlas.com).
  • Users who want long-term caching or to avoid external API dependencies (optional Redis provides longer caching, but default is in-memory only).
  • Users needing official oversight or support, as this server is maintained by a contributor, not the official Hermes project.
  • 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
  • Network access: fetch live catalog data and API requests from hermesatlas.com.
  • File system access: for the installer, read and write client config files (e.g., claude_desktop_config.json).
  • Optional: access to Redis if REDIS_URL is set.
  • 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
  • Data is sourced from a third-party API (hermesatlas.com), which could affect reliability if the site or API changes.
  • The installer modifies client config files, which could break existing MCP setups if done incorrectly; use --print for a dry run.
  • Since the server is experimental (0.x), breaking changes may occur.
  • 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, Continue, WindsurfClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp
Tools611