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DimensionJoplin MCP ServerManage Joplin notes through MCP.Firecrawl MCP ServerFirecrawl's official MCP server for web search, scraping, and structured extraction for AI agents
FMRS55 / 100 · C75 / 100 · B
Reliability9 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions11 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance8 / 2016 / 20
Documentation14 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Users who want to manage a personal Joplin knowledge base through AI.
  • MCP client users who need note, notebook, and tag search and organization.
  • Users who need to restrict AI access by notebook path.
  • 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 use Joplin or cannot enable Web Clipper.
  • Users who cannot provide a Joplin API authorization token.
  • Read-only scenarios where write, update, or import permissions are not desired.
  • 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 running Joplin Web Clipper authorization token supplied through JOPLIN_TOKEN.
  • Read permissions cover searching, viewing notebooks and tags, and connectivity checks.
  • Write, update, delete, and import operations can be controlled individually through configuration or environment variables.
  • Delete operations, retrieving all notes, and file imports are disabled by default.
  • notebook_allowlist can restrict read and write access by notebook path.
  • 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
  • After enabling delete, update, or import tools, an AI assistant can modify or delete Joplin content; delete operations are disabled by default.
  • Without a notebook allowlist, all notebooks are accessible by default.
  • Search results and individual notes can expose content; content_exposure settings control previews and full bodies.
  • When exposing HTTP or SSE publicly, operators must configure a reverse proxy and TLS; the documentation recommends a reverse proxy for public exposure.
  • The token is a secret credential and should not be exposed or placed in untrusted configuration.
  • 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, Jan AI, OllMCPClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp
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