# firecrawl-knowledge-ingest

Skill to save documentation sites, help centers and knowledge bases as markdown or JSON. Handles JavaScript rendering, auth and pagination—requires Firecrawl API key.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 31400 installs · ★ 207
- Author: firecrawl
- License: ISC · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-workflows/tree/HEAD/skills/firecrawl-knowledge-ingest/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/firecrawl-knowledge-ingest

## What it does

The skill uses Firecrawl's browser to navigate portals and extract content. It understands sidebar menus, follows pagination links, waits for JavaScript to load, and captures hidden content—everything a standard scraper would miss. Output is structured JSON or markdown with metadata: titles, sections, update dates, source URLs.

You need a Firecrawl API key to run it. The skill auto-detects authentication requirements and guesses output format from context. Input a portal URL, get back a folder of files or a single merged document with full structure. Progress is tracked, access errors logged.

Preserves code blocks, tables and formatting; strips nav chrome. Useful for migrating docs between services, backing up documentation, or loading knowledge into an agent's context.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install firecrawl/firecrawl-workflows firecrawl-knowledge-ingest
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add firecrawl/firecrawl-workflows --skill firecrawl-knowledge-ingest -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/firecrawl-workflows/tree/HEAD/skills/firecrawl-knowledge-ingest/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Export a documentation site as local files for offline use
- Collect all sections including collapsible navigation and hidden pages
- Convert a help portal into structured JSON for agent ingestion
- Parse docs behind authentication or with heavy JavaScript
- Migrate content from a help center into a different format or storage

## Example prompts
- Scrape our API docs with firecrawl-knowledge-ingest and save as markdown
- Extract the full help portal from help.example.com including expandable sections
- Ingest a knowledge base into JSON for loading into agent context

## Source text · SKILL.md · ISC

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---
name: firecrawl-knowledge-ingest
description: "Export documentation portals, help centers and API reference sites into local markdown or JSON with Firecrawl browser, including pages that render with JavaScript, hide content behind collapsible navigation or paginate. Use when the user wants a docs site, help center or support knowledge base saved as files, even without an explicit request to scrape."
license: ISC
metadata:
  author: firecrawl
  version: "0.1.0"
  homepage: https://www.firecrawl.dev
  source: https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-workflows
inputs:
  - name: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
    description: Firecrawl API key for hosted Firecrawl requests.
    required: true
---

# Firecrawl Knowledge Ingest

Use this when a docs portal needs browser navigation, auth, pagination, or JS rendering.

## Onboarding Interview

Infer the portal URL, output format, auth needs, and page limit from context. If the portal is clear, proceed immediately.

Ask at most 1-3 concise questions only if blocked, such as the portal URL, whether authentication is required, or the desired output format.

## Firecrawl Collection Plan

Use Firecrawl browser to:

- open the portal and inspect navigation
- identify sections, categories, sidebar links, and article URLs
- follow sidebar navigation, next links, pagination, load-more controls, or search
- scrape article content as markdown
- extract metadata such as title, section, last updated date, author, and tags

Try Firecrawl map as a supplement for public URLs, but use browser navigation for auth-gated or JS-heavy content.

## Final Deliverable

```markdown
# Knowledge Ingest: [Portal]

## Summary
[Pages extracted, sections covered, limitations]

## Output
[JSON/markdown/merged file path or content]

## Sections
[Section names and article counts]

## Failed Or Restricted Pages
[Any access/loading issues]

## Sources
[URLs extracted]

## Rerun Inputs
workflow: firecrawl-knowledge-ingest
url: [portal url]
format: [json/markdown/merged]
max_pages: [number]
```

## JSON Shape

Use `source`, `url`, `extractedAt`, `totalArticles`, and `sections[]` with article `title`, `url`, `section`, `content`, and `metadata`.

## Quality Bar

- Preserve code examples, tables, and formatting.
- Strip nav chrome, headers, and footers.
- Track extraction progress and page failures.
- Respect authentication boundaries.
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