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 MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs web reconnaissance by retrieving a list of URLs from a website's index. It has no side effects, does not modify data, and does not execute code or commands. The tool is explicitly recommended for discovery before scraping, positioning it as a read-only information retrieval operation.
From the tool's definition Map a website to discover all indexed URLs on the site. Retrieves/enumerates data without modifying or executing operations. Described as for 'discovering URLs' and 'finding specific sections', which are query/discovery operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
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:. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Firecrawl MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Firecrawl MCP 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 MCP 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 MCP Server MCP server (jayceetran1995/firecrawl-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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