# firecrawl-scrape

The skill reads a known page into markdown or JSON and runs discovered data-provider tools. Useful once the URL is already picked.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 83500 installs · ★ 671
- Author: firecrawl
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/firecrawl/cli/tree/HEAD/skills/firecrawl-scrape/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/firecrawl-scrape

## What it does

The skill exposes `firecrawl scrape` and `npx firecrawl-cli` to the agent. A basic call pulls a page into markdown and writes it to `.firecrawl/page.md`. The `--only-main-content` flag drops nav and footer, `--wait-for 3000` waits for JavaScript to render. Several URLs can go in one call, but then each file lands in `.firecrawl/` and `-o` is ignored.

For typed fields instead of markdown, pass a JSON schema: `--format json --schema '{...}'`. A large schema is easier to keep in a file and load with `--schema-file`. The result sits under the `.json` key. The schema applies only when `json` is in `--format`; add other formats with commas.

A list of known URLs goes through `firecrawl batch-scrape`. Reach for it when you need formats beyond markdown, JSON extraction, a webhook, or a job to check later. The run prints a job ID, and you check the job by that ID afterwards. PDFs are billed at 1 credit per parsed page, so `--max-pages` takes an integer from 1 to 10000. Save large output with `--json -o` and inspect it in sections; keep stderr away from JSON stdout rather than merging with `2>&1`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install firecrawl/cli firecrawl-scrape
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- read a page at a known URL as markdown
- pull a plan price off a page with `--query`
- get typed fields from a JSON schema
- process a list of known URLs in a batch
- cap PDF parsing by page count

## Example prompts
- Read `https://example.com/pricing` and save the markdown to `.firecrawl/page.md`
- Scrape only the main content, no nav or footer
- Extract the `plan` and `price` fields using the schema in `schema.json`

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