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Firecrawlgithub-mcp
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- Free with no card: github-mcp.
- Editor's pick: Firecrawl.
| Field | Firecrawlgithub.com | github-mcpgithub.com |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Turns arbitrary sites into LLM-ready markdown or schema-constrained JSON, handling JS rendering, crawling and cleanup. Scrape, crawl, map, batch, search-with-full-content, browser interaction and autonomous agent modes. Parses web-hosted PDFs and DOCX. Self-hostable (AGPL core). ~128k stars. | First-party MCP server connecting agents to the GitHub API across ~23 toolsets you can enable individually: repo and git operations, issues and PRs, Actions run inspection, code scanning and Dependabot alerts, Discussions and Projects. ~32k stars. |
| Category | Agent tools & orchestration | Agent tools & orchestration |
| Cost tier | mixed | free |
| Pricing | Free 1,000 credits · $16–$599/mo | Free |
| Why builders pick it | The archive-migration tool. Point it at an existing site and get every back-issue article as clean structured JSON ready for Supabase. Also the competitive-research tool — crawl other publications and extract their section taxonomy. Free tier is 1,000 credits; a typical archive fits inside $16/mo. | Relevant the moment you sync the Lovable project to GitHub — which you must do anyway to use Pencil or Superdesign. Toolsets are individually switchable, so keep the context footprint small. |
| Watch out for | not logged | not logged |
| How to wire it up | npx -y firecrawl-cli@latest init --all | claude mcp add (remote OAuth or local Docker) |
| Editor's pick | Yes | No |
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# Tool comparison — Firecrawl vs github-mcp Source: Kbaise, a directory of tools that work with Lovable projects. Pick one and tell me why before writing any integration code. ## Firecrawl (firecrawl) - URL: https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl - Category: Agent tools & orchestration - Cost: mixed — Free 1,000 credits · $16–$599/mo - What it is: Turns arbitrary sites into LLM-ready markdown or schema-constrained JSON, handling JS rendering, crawling and cleanup. Scrape, crawl, map, batch, search-with-full-content, browser interaction and autonomous agent modes. Parses web-hosted PDFs and DOCX. Self-hostable (AGPL core). ~128k stars. - Why builders pick it: The archive-migration tool. Point it at an existing site and get every back-issue article as clean structured JSON ready for Supabase. Also the competitive-research tool — crawl other publications and extract their section taxonomy. Free tier is 1,000 credits; a typical archive fits inside $16/mo. - Wiring: npx -y firecrawl-cli@latest init --all - Full dossier: /api/public/tools/firecrawl ## github-mcp (github-mcp) - URL: https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server - Category: Agent tools & orchestration - Cost: free — Free - What it is: First-party MCP server connecting agents to the GitHub API across ~23 toolsets you can enable individually: repo and git operations, issues and PRs, Actions run inspection, code scanning and Dependabot alerts, Discussions and Projects. ~32k stars. - Why builders pick it: Relevant the moment you sync the Lovable project to GitHub — which you must do anyway to use Pencil or Superdesign. Toolsets are individually switchable, so keep the context footprint small. - Wiring: claude mcp add (remote OAuth or local Docker) - Full dossier: /api/public/tools/github-mcp ## Quick read - Free with no card: github-mcp. - Editor's pick: Firecrawl. ## Rules 1. Prefer the free tier when no budget was stated, and say what the ceiling is. 2. Read the full dossier before integrating. 3. Fetch /api/public/models before writing any AI model ID.
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