diff --git a/plugins/web/firecrawl/provider.py b/plugins/web/firecrawl/provider.py
index 97718a6cae2..ae02b43a6eb 100644
--- a/plugins/web/firecrawl/provider.py
+++ b/plugins/web/firecrawl/provider.py
@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ Firecrawl = _FirecrawlProxy()
 
 def _get_direct_firecrawl_config() -> Optional[tuple]:
     """Return explicit direct Firecrawl kwargs + cache key, or None when unset."""
-    api_key = os.getenv("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY", "").strip()
-    api_url = os.getenv("FIRECRAWL_API_URL", "").strip().rstrip("/")
+    from hermes_cli.config import get_env_value
+
+    api_key = (get_env_value("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY") or "").strip()
+    api_url = (get_env_value("FIRECRAWL_API_URL") or "").strip().rstrip("/")
 
     if not api_key and not api_url:
         return None
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_web_tools_config.py b/tests/tools/test_web_tools_config.py
index 6466e615f04..5b1ec35f789 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_web_tools_config.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_web_tools_config.py
@@ -787,3 +787,44 @@ class TestNonBuiltinProviderAvailability:
                 "web_search tool was filtered out despite custom provider being available"
             assert web_extract_entry is not None, \
                 "web_extract tool was filtered out despite custom provider being available"
+
+
+class TestFirecrawlEnvResolution:
+    """Verify Firecrawl reads env values from hermes_cli.config.get_env_value,
+    not just os.getenv.  This catches the regression reported in #40190 where
+    values stored in ~/.hermes/.env were invisible to the provider."""
+
+    def test_direct_config_reads_via_get_env_value(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """_get_direct_firecrawl_config() must use get_env_value, not os.getenv."""
+        # Ensure os.environ does NOT carry the key
+        monkeypatch.delenv("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.delenv("FIRECRAWL_API_URL", raising=False)
+
+        fake_key = "fc-test-key-from-dotenv"
+        with patch(
+            "hermes_cli.config.get_env_value",
+            side_effect=lambda k: fake_key if k == "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" else None,
+        ):
+            from plugins.web.firecrawl.provider import _get_direct_firecrawl_config
+
+            result = _get_direct_firecrawl_config()
+            assert result is not None, "get_env_value fallback should find the key"
+            kwargs, _cache_key = result
+            assert kwargs["api_key"] == fake_key
+
+    def test_direct_config_reads_url_via_get_env_value(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """Self-hosted URL from .env must be picked up."""
+        monkeypatch.delenv("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.delenv("FIRECRAWL_API_URL", raising=False)
+
+        fake_url = "https://firecrawl.internal.example.com"
+        with patch(
+            "hermes_cli.config.get_env_value",
+            side_effect=lambda k: fake_url if k == "FIRECRAWL_API_URL" else None,
+        ):
+            from plugins.web.firecrawl.provider import _get_direct_firecrawl_config
+
+            result = _get_direct_firecrawl_config()
+            assert result is not None
+            kwargs, _cache_key = result
+            assert kwargs["api_url"] == fake_url.rstrip("/")
diff --git a/tools/web_tools.py b/tools/web_tools.py
index 1e2c4a03a07..5fa1e872832 100644
--- a/tools/web_tools.py
+++ b/tools/web_tools.py
@@ -1001,8 +1001,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Check if API keys are available
     web_available = check_web_api_key()
     tool_gateway_available = _is_tool_gateway_ready()
-    firecrawl_key_available = bool(os.getenv("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY", "").strip())
-    firecrawl_url_available = bool(os.getenv("FIRECRAWL_API_URL", "").strip())
+    from hermes_cli.config import get_env_value as _gev
+    firecrawl_key_available = bool((_gev("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY") or "").strip())
+    firecrawl_url_available = bool((_gev("FIRECRAWL_API_URL") or "").strip())
 
     if web_available:
         backend = _get_backend()
@@ -1020,7 +1021,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         elif backend == "ddgs":
             print("   Using DuckDuckGo via ddgs package (search only)")
         elif firecrawl_url_available:
-            print(f"   Using self-hosted Firecrawl: {os.getenv('FIRECRAWL_API_URL').strip().rstrip('/')}")
+            print(f"   Using self-hosted Firecrawl: {(_gev('FIRECRAWL_API_URL') or '').strip().rstrip('/')}")
         elif firecrawl_key_available:
             print("   Using direct Firecrawl cloud API")
         elif tool_gateway_available: