Agent skill · firecrawl
firecrawl-parse
Convert a local file (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, HTML, …) to markdown, or answer questions about its content. Use whenever the input is a file path, not a URL.
What it needs
About 1k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
firecrawl parse Turn a local document into clean markdown on disk. Supports PDF, DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF, XLSX, XLS, HTML/HTM. Quick start Always save to .firecrawl/ with -o — parsed docs can be hundreds of KB and blow up context if streamed to stdout. Add .firecrawl/ to .gitignore. Then read the output incrementally with head, grep, or rg. Run firecrawl parse --help for the full option list. Done when: the markdown, summary, or answer is written under .firecrawl/ and you have inspected it with bounded reads. Tips Quote paths with spaces: firecrawl parse "./My Doc.pdf" -o .firecrawl/mydoc.md. Max upload size: 50 MB per file. Credits: ~1 per PDF page; HTML is 1 flat. Check .firecrawl/ before re-parsing the same file. To check your credit balance (recommended for batch processing and similar workflows), use firecrawl credit-usage (requires authentication). See also firecrawl-scrape — same idea for URLs firecrawl-build-scrape — building document extraction into an app instead of running it here
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills firecrawl/firecrawl-parse--9350d5