# firecrawl-developer-index

This skill searches recent documentation, release notes, and public GitHub issues via Firecrawl. It helps agents resolve library errors and API migrations.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 8100 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/core/firecrawl-developer-index/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/firecrawl-developer-index

## What it does

The skill connects coding assistants to the Firecrawl developer index via MCP tools or the `firecrawl developer` CLI command. It retrieves technical documentation and public repository issues. Each hit carries Markdown passages, preserving tables and code blocks for quick evaluation.

LLMs often miss renamed APIs and fresh bug fixes due to training cutoffs. Looking up primary sources prevents hallucinations during framework upgrades. Private codebases stay invisible to this index. You can query without credentials, but setting `$FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` raises rate limits.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-developer-index -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/core/firecrawl-developer-index/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find the merged pull request fixing a specific bug
- lookup updated API signatures and default parameters
- diagnose stack traces using public issue trackers
- check migration notes across library versions

## Example prompts
- Search developer docs to see what changed in the Fastify route configuration
- Check public issues to find which release fixed the memory leak in Prisma
- Look up the exact parameters for the createClient method in the latest SDK

## Source text · SKILL.md · ISC

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---
name: firecrawl-developer-index
description: Searches current documentation, release notes, API references and public repository issues for libraries, frameworks, SDKs, APIs and CLI tools with `firecrawl developer`. Use before answering when the user names a version, is upgrading, pastes an error from a library or tool, or asks how to use, configure or migrate a specific library or API. Model knowledge stops at a training cutoff and misses new releases, renamed APIs, changed defaults and recent fixes, so when a version, option, error or API is unfamiliar or may have changed, look it up instead of guessing. Also checks whether a bug was fixed and in which release. Not for general programming concepts, code that uses no specific library, or refactoring code the user supplied.
---

# Firecrawl Developer Index

For official documentation, setup, examples, migrations or compatibility, follow [official documentation](references/official-documentation.md). Continue below for implementation or bug evidence beyond the docs. Reuse adequate evidence when switching approaches.

Answer a developer question from the primary source: the issue where the bug was reported, the merged pull request that fixed it, the README or documentation page that states the contract. A blog post that describes a behaviour is a weaker answer than the passage that defines it, so reach for the index first and the open web second. The repository half of the index covers public repositories only. Private or internal repositories are not in it, so a question about private code needs a different route: read that code directly.

There is **no fixed recipe**. Read the question, decide what kind it is, and choose the approach below. A literal error string wants a different move than "how do I do X". Don't run machinery a question doesn't call for.

## The tools, and what each is uniquely good at

- HTTP: **`GET|POST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/search/developer`**
  MCP: **`firecrawl_developer_search(query, k?, skills?)`**
  CLI: **`firecrawl developer <query> [--limit <n>]`**
  Ranked results over the whole index. Each carries `id` (`issue:owner/repo#123`), `url`, and the **matched passages in markdown**, so tables and code blocks survive. The artifact kind is the `id` prefix: `doc:`, `issue:`, `pull_request:`, or `readme:`.
  The default first move for a developer question. It is the only surface that returns the passages, which is what lets you answer instead of pointing at a page.
  `k` / `--limit` is 1–100 and defaults to 10. `skills="only"` (HTTP/MCP only) restricts the search to agent-skill files.
  Keyless; send `Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` for higher rate limits.

- MCP: **`firecrawl_search(query, categories: ["developer"])`**
  CLI: **`firecrawl search <query> --categories developer`**
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