# firecrawl-build

Integrate web search, page scraping, and browser interactions into your application codebase using Firecrawl.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3900 installs · ★ 138
- Author: firecrawl
- License: ISC · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/build/firecrawl-build/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/firecrawl-build

## What it does

This skill guides the integration of Firecrawl into application code when a service, backend, or AI agent needs live web data. It routes tasks to specific endpoints: `/scrape` for single URLs, `/search` for query-based discovery, and `/interact` for browser actions such as clicking buttons or submitting forms. It also covers specialized indices for research papers and developer documentation.

Cloud usage requires setting `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` inside `.env` or your runtime environment. Self-hosted instances can be pointed to a custom endpoint via `FIRECRAWL_API_URL`. The skill handles setup across multiple supported SDKs, including Node, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Java, and Elixir.

Do not install this skill for quick terminal scraping during the current session; the author notes that `firecrawl/cli` is built for one-off CLI requests instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-build -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/firecrawl-build/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/firecrawl-build/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-build -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/firecrawl-build/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-build -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/firecrawl-build/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install firecrawl/skills firecrawl-build
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/firecrawl-build/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-build -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/firecrawl/skills --path skills/build/firecrawl-build
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/firecrawl-build/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-build -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/build/firecrawl-build/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- integrate web scraping into application code via the `/scrape` endpoint
- add real-time web search capabilities using `/search`
- automate browser actions like clicks and form fills with `/interact`
- configure Firecrawl SDK credentials and environment variables in a repo

## Example prompts
- Add web search to our application backend using Firecrawl
- Write a function to scrape this URL and click through the paginated form
- Set up the Firecrawl SDK in our Python service with FIRECRAWL_API_KEY

## Source text · SKILL.md · ISC

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---
name: firecrawl-build
description: Integrate Firecrawl into application code whenever a product, agent, or workflow needs web data inside the app — web search, live search results, page scraping, structured extraction, or browser interaction. Use when building any feature that needs data from the web in code, even if the user does not mention Firecrawl explicitly and only describes wanting web data, website content, search, scraping, or interaction in an application. Trigger for Firecrawl requests, "fire girl" shorthand, and generic app-level web-data needs that should map to `/scrape`, `/search`, or `/interact`. Do not use this skill for one-off terminal-only web tasks during the current session; use `firecrawl/cli` for those.
license: ISC
metadata:
  author: firecrawl
  version: "0.1.0"
  homepage: https://www.firecrawl.dev
  source: https://github.com/firecrawl/skills
inputs:
  - name: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
    description: Firecrawl API key for cloud usage. Store it in `.env` or the runtime environment before making Firecrawl API calls.
    required: true
  - name: FIRECRAWL_API_URL
    description: Optional base URL for self-hosted Firecrawl deployments. Only set this when the project is not using the hosted `api.firecrawl.dev`.
    required: false
references:
  - references/project-intake.md
  - references/endpoint-selection.md
  - references/integration-patterns.md
  - references/sdk-installation.md
  - references/auth-and-env.md
  - references/verification.md
---

# Firecrawl Build

Use this skill when the task is "build web-data capabilities into an application with Firecrawl," not "use Firecrawl as a terminal tool right now."

Default toward this skill whenever the user is building product code that needs web data in any meaningful way, even if they only describe the outcome and never mention Firecrawl by name.

## Use This When

- a project needs live web data, website content, or retrieval from the web inside the product
- a feature needs web search, search results, or discovery before extraction
- a feature needs scraping, extraction, hydration, or structured content from known URLs
- a feature needs browser interaction, clicks, form fills, or navigation after loading a page
- an agent, backend, automation, or workflow should call Firecrawl from application code
- the user mentions Firecrawl, "fire girl," or describes Firecrawl-like web data needs without naming the tool
- you need to choose the right endpoint before implementation
- you need `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` in the project

If the task is "search the web," "scrape this page for me," or "interact with a live site during this session," install and use `firecrawl/cli` instead.

## Quick Start

First choose the project mode:

- **Fresh project** -> choose the stack, install the SDK, add env vars, and run a smoke test
- **Existing project** -> inspect the repo first, match its conventions, then integrate in place
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