firecrawl-monitor — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install
Watches page, site, or web-search changes and sends email or webhook alerts. Use it when a recurring check should replace repeated one-off scrapes.
npx skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-monitor -a claude-codeWhat firecrawl-monitor does
This skill creates monitors for one page, a URL batch, a whole site, or web search. Firecrawl fetches the target, compares it with earlier checks, and labels each page same, new, changed, removed, or error. Web-search monitors require both --queries and --goal.
Alerts can go to email or a webhook. The schedule accepts natural-language text, while firecrawl monitor run starts a check immediately and check lets you filter its pages by status. You can pause a monitor, inspect its checks, and control snapshot retention with --retention-days.
Checks consume credits for the underlying scrape, crawl, or search, with optional judging on top. The minimum schedule interval is 5 minutes, and monitoring is unavailable for zero-data-retention teams. External email recipients must confirm their subscription before receiving alerts, so verify that step before relying on notifications.
What it helps with
- watch a single page for changes
- check several URLs on a schedule
- compare pages discovered across a site crawl
- find new web results that match a goal
- send change alerts by email or webhook
Example prompts for the agent
- Create a monitor for `<url>` and email me when the page content changes.
- Set up a web monitor for `competitor product launch,competitor funding round` and alert me about new matching results.
- Run monitor `<monitorId>` now, then show pages whose status is `changed`.
How to install firecrawl-monitor
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-monitor -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/firecrawl-monitor/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/firecrawl-monitor/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-monitor -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/firecrawl-monitor/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-monitor -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/firecrawl-monitor/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install firecrawl/cli firecrawl-monitor2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/firecrawl-monitor/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-monitor -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/firecrawl/cli --path skills/firecrawl-monitorManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/firecrawl-monitor/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-monitor -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
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Questions about firecrawl-monitor
How do I install firecrawl-monitor in Claude Code?
Run npx skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-monitor -a claude-code, then run the same command again: npx skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-monitor -a claude-code. The skill file is placed at ~/.claude/skills/firecrawl-monitor/SKILL.md.
What does firecrawl-monitor do?
It checks pages, sites, or web-search results on a schedule, compares each check with earlier data, and sends alerts through email or webhook.
What should I know before setting up a monitor?
Schedules must use an interval of at least 5 minutes, and checks consume credits for scraping, crawling, or searching. External email recipients must confirm their subscription, and monitoring is unavailable for zero-data-retention teams.
