# Firecrawl

> Web search and scraping via Firecrawl API. Use when you need to search the web, scrape websites (including JS-heavy pages), crawl entire sites, or extract structured data from web pages. Requires FIRECRAWL_API_KEY environment variable.

- Skill: `modbender/firecrawl-2` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 5 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add modbender/firecrawl-2`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/modbender/firecrawl-2/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: modbender (https://skillmd.com/u/modbender)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/modbender/firecrawl-2

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# Firecrawl

Web search and scraping via Firecrawl API.

## Prerequisites

Set `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` in your environment or `.env` file:
```bash
export FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-xxxxxxxxxx
```

## Quick Start

### Search the web
```bash
firecrawl_search "your search query" --limit 10
```

### Scrape a single page
```bash
firecrawl_scrape "https://example.com"
```

### Crawl an entire site
```bash
firecrawl_crawl "https://example.com" --max-pages 50
```

## API Reference

See [references/api.md](references/api.md) for detailed API documentation and advanced options.

## Scripts

- `scripts/search.py` - Search the web with Firecrawl
- `scripts/scrape.py` - Scrape a single URL
- `scripts/crawl.py` - Crawl an entire website