- name
- firecrawl
- description
- Web scraping and crawling with Firecrawl API. Fetch webpage content as markdown, take screenshots, extract structured data, search the web, and crawl documentation sites. Use when the user needs to scrape a URL, get current web info, capture a screenshot, extract specific data from pages, or crawl docs for a framework/library.
- version
- 1.0.0
- author
- captmarbles
Firecrawl Web Skill
Scrape, search, and crawl the web using Firecrawl.
Setup
- Get your API key from firecrawl.dev/app/api-keys
- Set the environment variable:
export FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-your-key-here- Install the SDK:
pip3 install firecrawlUsage
All commands use the bundled fc.py script in this skill's directory.
Get Page as Markdown
Fetch any URL and convert to clean markdown. Handles JavaScript-rendered content.
python3 fc.py markdown "https://example.com"
python3 fc.py markdown "https://example.com" --main-only # skip nav/footerTake Screenshot
Capture a full-page screenshot of any URL.
python3 fc.py screenshot "https://example.com" -o screenshot.pngExtract Structured Data
Pull specific fields from a page using a JSON schema.
Schema example (schema.json):
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": { "type": "string" },
"price": { "type": "number" },
"features": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
}
}python3 fc.py extract "https://example.com/product" --schema schema.json
python3 fc.py extract "https://example.com/product" --schema schema.json --prompt "Extract the main product details"Web Search
Search the web and get content from results (may require paid tier).
python3 fc.py search "Python 3.13 new features" --limit 5Crawl Documentation
Crawl an entire documentation site. Great for learning new frameworks.
python3 fc.py crawl "https://docs.example.com" --limit 30
python3 fc.py crawl "https://docs.example.com" --limit 50 --output ./docsNote: Each page costs 1 credit. Set reasonable limits.
Map Site URLs
Discover all URLs on a website before deciding what to scrape.
python3 fc.py map "https://example.com" --limit 100
python3 fc.py map "https://example.com" --search "api"Example Prompts
- *"Scrape https://blog.example.com/post and summarize it"*
- *"Take a screenshot of stripe.com"*
- *"Extract the name, price, and features from this product page"*
- *"Crawl the Astro docs so you can help me build a site"*
- *"Map all the URLs on docs.stripe.com"*
Pricing
Free tier includes 500 credits. 1 credit = 1 page/screenshot/search query.