Map a website to discover all indexed URLs on the site. Best for: Discovering URLs on a website before deciding what to scrape; finding specific sections of a website. Not recommended for: When you already know which specific URL you need (use scrape or batch_scrape); when you need the content of...
AI agents call firecrawl_map to retrieve information from Firecrawl Web Scraping Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | — | Starting URL for URL discovery |
limit | number | — | Maximum number of URLs to return |
search | string | — | Optional search term to filter URLs |
sitemapOnly | boolean | — | Only use sitemap.xml for discovery, ignore HTML links |
ignoreSitemap | boolean | — | Skip sitemap.xml discovery and only use HTML links |
includeSubdomains | boolean | — | Include URLs from subdomains in results |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
firecrawl_map retrieves and lists structural information about a website without modifying, executing code, deleting data, or committing financial transactions. It is a read-only reconnaissance operation with minimal security risk—the worst outcome is information disclosure about publicly indexed URLs.
From the tool's definition The tool 'maps a website to discover all indexed URLs on the site' and returns 'Array of [URLs]'. It performs discovery and enumeration with no side effects, data modification, or irreversible actions.
Risk signalsAccepts URL/endpoint input (url)
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access firecrawl_map gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Firecrawl Web Scraping Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for firecrawl_map:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"firecrawl_map": {}
}
}firecrawl_map is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Map a website to discover all indexed URLs on the site. Best for: Discovering URLs on a website before deciding what to scrape; finding specific sections of a website. Not recommended for: When you already know which specific URL you need (use scrape or batch_scrape); when you need the content of the pages (use scrape after mapping). Common mistakes: Using crawl to discover URLs instead of map. Prompt Example: "List all URLs on example.com." Usage Example: json { "name": "firecrawl_map", "arguments": { "url": "https://example.com" } } Returns: Array of URLs found on the site. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Firecrawl Web Scraping Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
firecrawl_map accepts 6 parameters: url, limit, search, sitemapOnly, ignoreSitemap, includeSubdomains. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Firecrawl Web Scraping Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for firecrawl_map: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Firecrawl Web Scraping Server. Nothing to install.
firecrawl_map is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the firecrawl_map rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for firecrawl_map. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
firecrawl_map is provided by the Firecrawl Web Scraping Server MCP server (0xzapata/firecrawl-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Firecrawl Web Scraping Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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