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DimensionPowerBIReportServerValidate Power BI report-server access and extract basic dashboard metadataFirecrawl MCP ServerFirecrawl's official MCP server for web search, scraping, and structured extraction for AI agentsExa MCP ServerExa's official MCP server for web search and crawling built for AI applications
FMRS27 / 100 · D75 / 100 · B73 / 100 · B
Reliability4 / 2013 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions7 / 2012 / 2013 / 20
Maintenance11 / 2016 / 2016 / 20
Documentation4 / 2017 / 2016 / 20
Setup experience1 / 2017 / 2016 / 20
Best for
  • Users who need to validate Power BI report-server credentials and access
  • Metadata workflows that need a list of available dashboards
  • 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
  • Q&A and research scenarios that need real-time, clean web content
  • Users with an existing Exa account who want a zero-deployment remote option
Not for
  • Users seeking a complete data catalog, lineage, or data-quality management interface
  • Users needing dashboard editing, data querying, or other operations not declared in the manifest
  • 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)
  • Scenarios requiring a strict allowlist of search sources that can't use a third-party search service
  • Budget-sensitive, high-volume search scenarios (remote/API calls may incur cost)
Required permissions
  • Valid credentials are required to access the server
  • The user must have permission to fetch dashboards
  • 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
  • Requires an Exa API key for full functionality; OAuth login is optional in remote mode
  • web_fetch_exa retrieves content from a specified URL; agent_run performs multi-step autonomous actions and needs the user to have clear expectations of Agent behavior
Risks and side effects
  • The connection test fails when credentials are invalid or the user lacks permission to fetch dashboards
  • The manifest declares basic metadata extraction only; modification or write operations should not be assumed
  • 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
  • The API key should be stored carefully — avoid leaving it in plaintext in client config files on untrusted machines
  • agent_run is a multi-step autonomous tool with a longer action chain — try it on low-risk tasks first
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, AmpClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp, Kiro, LM Studio, Antigravity
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