Open CLI

firecrawl

scriptablescraping
$ npm i -g firecrawl
Summary

Web extraction, crawling, and llm-ready markdown from the terminal.

  • firecrawl fits browser well, especially for web extraction, crawling, and llm-ready markdown from the terminal.
  • 48,018 npm weekly downloads.
  • Easy to automate.
  • Good fit for coding-agent workflows and repeatable scripts.
  • Output is mostly text-first, so verify results before scripting around it.
browser-firecrawl-SKILL.md

Firecrawl guide

Web extraction, crawling, and llm-ready markdown from the terminal. Built by Firecrawl.

Open CLI packages the install path, verify step, and safe-start workflow so this tool can move from “interesting CLI” to something you can actually use. It also integrates with skills.sh so each CLI comes with the right companion skills, not just a binary and a docs link.

When to apply

  • web extraction, crawling, and llm-ready markdown from the terminal.
  • You need web scraping in both local dev and CI.
  • You need web extraction.
  • You need crawling.
  • You need llm-ready markdown.

Quick reference

Installnpm i -g firecrawl
Verifyfirecrawl --help
First real commandfirecrawl search 'open source CLI tools' --limit 3

Open CLI × skills.sh

Open CLI integrates firecrawl with the right skills.sh companions so you get the tool and the workflow together.

Firecrawl Search

Verified pairing

Open CLI integrates firecrawl with this skills.sh skill because it is the clearest fit for how firecrawl is usually used. Search the web with structured output before scraping deeper pages.

View on skills.sh
$ npx skills add https://github.com/firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-search
Starter prompt

Use firecrawl together with the Firecrawl Search skills.sh skill. Start with safe inspection commands, summarize what you find, and ask before any step with side effects.

Also useful from skills.sh
Firecrawl Scrapeskills.shFirecrawl Crawlskills.sh

Why this tool

  • firecrawl fits browser well, especially for web extraction, crawling, and llm-ready markdown from the terminal.
  • 48,018 npm weekly downloads.
  • Easy to automate.

Watch-outs

  • Sign in before real work.
  • Needs network access.
  • Output is mostly plain text.

Example workflow

1. firecrawl search 'open source CLI tools' --limit 3

Safe start

Step 1

Install firecrawl.

Step 2

Run `firecrawl --help` first.

Step 3

Start with `firecrawl search 'open source CLI tools' --limit 3`.

Step 4

Authenticate firecrawl before asking the agent to do real work.