How to use MCP for Web Scraping in n8n (Free Workflow)

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Learn how to use MCP for automated web scraping with the Firecrawl MCP. This tutorial explains step-by-step how to set up mCP, configure environment variables, install necessary tools, and automate workflows with AI. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced user, this guide will help streamline your scraping process.

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00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Why MCPs
04:03 - How to run a MCP in n8n
11:03 - Questions

[SimoneFantini]

Great video..but man..the way you moove the mouse..gives me seasickness 😅.. you move it compulsively 😂

[reaganhay]

Hey Leonardo! Incredible video, however you left your anthropic key exposed for a microsecond on screen… you might want to edit that out and reupload!! Love your content and just wanted to help out

[Alex-ybgf]

no me he enterado de una mierda, llevo dos dias en el mundo de la IA y aprendiendo sobre N8n pero esta guapo el MCP bro

[funkybro]

This is great. Can you do a job workflow where a person can use n8n to automatically apply for jobs online ie LinkedIn and then it updates the resume and cover letter and submits the application using MCP? Everything automated

[zbolandb]

After connecting everything per the demo, with the edit fields part working properly and saying successful. After adding the creds for the mcp node and testing, I get Failed to execute operation: Failed to connect to MCP server: MCP error -32001: Request timed out

[funkybro]

I gave it a url to scrape with listings on it and it did a good job, but it didnt do other pages. How do I get it to keep looking at all of the listenings (by clicking the next button). So essentially scrape all the data and only give them to me based on the criteria I set. it only does this for one page.

[ThePedronie]

10:34 what tool do you use? is that a prompt optmiser?

[devmely]

you set the connection type is STDIO and you only filled in "command", "arguments" and "enviroment" section. How come the MCP client know the destination address ? That confused me.

[_aakashpandey]

is there any llm model than we can run locally (say with a 3080ti) and get the data extracted

[teachonemedia]

I got an error when testing that said "Error: Invalid arguments for firecrawl_search"

[PRAJVALPATEL-ux]

i have locally installed n8n on my pc; not on docker and i am not able to use mcp in this setup. any idea how to make it running?

[dazzassti]

Jeez man stop throwing the mouse EVERYWHERE!!!

[wohfab]

Does ANYONE show something other than stupid brave and firecrawl with MCP Servers? Those are copy-paste setup and everything else seems to not work at all or need like a trillion more steps to get the right data in...