Agent skill · data analytics · secondsky
firecrawl-scraper
Firecrawl v2.5 API for web scraping/crawling to LLM-ready markdown. Use for site extraction, dynamic content, or encountering JavaScript rendering, bot detection, content loading errors.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific API commands and options for web scraping that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires @mendable/firecrawl-js, firecrawl-py installed locally. Requires firecrawl account access. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 204 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Firecrawl Web Scraper Skill Status: Production Ready ✅ Last Updated: 2026-08-03 Official Docs: https://docs.firecrawl.dev API Version: v2.5 --- What is Firecrawl? Firecrawl is a Web Data API for AI that turns entire websites into LLM-ready markdown or structured data. It handles: JavaScript rendering - Executes client-side JavaScript to capture dynamic content Anti-bot bypass - Gets past CAPTCHA and bot detection systems Format conversion - Outputs as markdown, JSON, or structured data Screenshot capture - Saves visual representations of pages Browser automation - Full headless browser capabilities --- API Endpoints 1. /v2/scrape - Single Page Scraping Scrapes a single webpage and returns clean, structured content. Use Cases: Extract article content Get product details Scrape specific pages Convert HTML to markdown Key Options: formats: ["markdown", "html", "screenshot"] onlyMainContent: true/false (removes nav, footer, ads) waitFor: milliseconds to wait before scraping actions: browser automation actions (click, scroll, etc.) 2. /v2/crawl - Full Site Crawling Crawls all accessible pages from a starting URL. Use Cases: Index entire documentation sites Archive website content Build knowledge bases Scrape multi-page content Key Options: limit: max pages to crawl maxDepth: how many links deep to follow allowedDomains: restrict to specific domains excludePaths: skip certain URL patterns 3. /v2/map - URL Discovery Maps all URLs on a website without scraping content. Use Cases: Find sitemap Discover all pages Plan crawling strategy Audit website structure 4. /v2/extract - Structured Data Extraction Uses AI to extract specific data fields from pages. Use Cases: Extract product prices and names Parse contact information Build structured datasets Custom data schemas Key Options: schema: Zod or JSON schema defining desired structure systemPrompt: guide AI extraction behavior --- Authentication Firecrawl requires an API key for all requests. Get API Key 1. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills secondsky/firecrawl-scraper