web search - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Add a web search tool to Coding Plan so the model can retrieve real-time information.

Availability

Applies to tools that extend web search through Model Context Protocol (MCP), such as Qwen Code and Claude Code. Some tools, such as Cursor, have built-in web search and don't require a separate service.

Prerequisites

You have subscribed to Coding Plan. See Getting started.
You have set up a Coding Plan tool, such as Claude Code or Qwen Code, and can chat. See Set up AI tools.
Sign up for Firecrawl and get an API key. Firecrawl offers a free quota.

Integrate with tools

Add the MCP service to your AI programming tool (using Claude Code as an example).

In the terminal, run the following command to add the web search MCP Server.
Note
Before you run the command, replace YOUR_API_KEY with your Firecrawl API key.
```
claude mcp add firecrawl -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY -- npx -y firecrawl-mcp
```
The terminal returns Added stdio MCP server firecrawl with command: npx -y firecrawl-mcp to local config.
Start Claude Code.
```
claude
```
In the dialog box, run /mcp and confirm that websearch status is connected. Wait for the status to change from connecting to connected.
Press Esc to exit the MCP list, then send the prompt Use the firecrawl MCP to search for news about Alibaba Cloud to see the search results.
Mention the firecrawl MCP explicitly in your prompt to avoid confusion with other tools.

Learn more

For more information about how to integrate other AI tools with the Firecrawl MCP, see the official Firecrawl documentation.