http-fetch/firecrawl: replace npx launch with a shipped wrapper (v5 / 1.1.0)

Both connectors declared `mcp_config: {command: "npx", args: ["-y", "<pkg>"]}`
and shipped no code at all. Skald treats a mcp_local `args[0]` as the *name of
the file to run*, not as an argument: install stores `script_path = "<id>/-y"`
and global_enable launches `npx /…/connectors/<id>/-y`, a path that does not
exist. The server never answered `initialize`, so start_server failed — and
since global_enable still returns 200 with an `error` in the body, the UI showed
the connector as enabled while `render_mcp_list` (built from the live runtime)
left it out of the agent's system context entirely.

Ship a two-file wrapper instead: a package.json pinning the upstream package
(mcp-fetch-server@1.1.2, firecrawl-mcp@3.23.7) and an index.js importing it for
its side effect, so `node index.js` is a real local_script and
ensure_installed_host installs the deps beside it. No node_modules, no lockfile.

Also: drop the legacy `launch_command` / top-level `transport` / `dependencies`
fields; drop firecrawl's inert `mcp_config.env` placeholder (same case as gmaps
— tokens are only substituted in the URL); add firecrawl_developer_search to
firecrawl's tools[] and API_KEY to its requires; realign manifest and fragment
versions to 5 / 1.1.0 (they were 2 vs 4, so no Update badge could ever appear).

Verified end-to-end against the shipped files by reproducing Skald's own path:
`npm ci || npm install --omit=dev` then `node <abs>/index.js` — initialize,
tools/list and a real tools/call, JSON-RPC only on stdout.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Daniele
2026-08-10 14:14:36 +01:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5
parent 73d1a51b1f
commit ecb6835fa5
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@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
"id": "firecrawl",
"name": "Firecrawl",
"type": "mcp_local",
"launch_command": "npx -y firecrawl-mcp",
"transport": "stdio",
"requires": [
"NODE"
"NODE",
"API_KEY"
],
"dependencies": [],
"env": [
{
"name": "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY",
@@ -19,9 +17,9 @@
}
],
"setup_instructions": [
"Ensure Node.js is installed.",
"Requires Node.js 22+ on the host that runs the connector.",
"Get an API key from https://www.firecrawl.dev/app/api-keys.",
"No pip install needed \u2014 Firecrawl MCP runs via npx."
"Dependencies are installed automatically by Skald from package.json."
],
"docs": [
{
@@ -34,14 +32,11 @@
"type": "api_key"
},
"mcp_config": {
"command": "npx",
"command": "node",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
"index.js"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "{SECRET:FIRECRAWL_API_KEY}"
}
"transport": "stdio"
},
"verify": {
"command": "node -e \"const k = process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY; if (!k || k.length < 10) { process.exit(1); } try { fetch('https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape', {method:'POST', headers:{'Content-Type':'application/json','Authorization':'Bearer '+k}, body:JSON.stringify({url:'https://example.com',formats:['markdown']})}).then(r=>r.json()).then(d=>{if(d.success) {console.log(JSON.stringify({ok:true,message:'Firecrawl API key valid \u2014 scrape probe successful'}))} else {console.log(JSON.stringify({ok:false,message:d.error||'API probe failed'}));process.exit(1)}}).catch(e=>{console.log(JSON.stringify({ok:false,message:e.message}));process.exit(1)}) } catch(e) { console.log(JSON.stringify({ok:false,message:e.message})); process.exit(1) }\"",
@@ -60,9 +55,9 @@
"browser",
"research"
],
"version": 2,
"version_string": "1.0.1",
"version_release_date": "2026-07-21",
"version": 5,
"version_string": "1.1.0",
"version_release_date": "2026-08-10",
"tools": [
{
"name": "firecrawl_scrape",
@@ -76,6 +71,10 @@
"name": "firecrawl_search",
"display_name": "Web Search"
},
{
"name": "firecrawl_developer_search",
"display_name": "Developer Search"
},
{
"name": "firecrawl_search_feedback",
"display_name": "Search Feedback"