firecrawl-crawl Skill: Pull Every Page From a Site Section

Makes your coding assistant crawl a website or one section of it with Firecrawl and save the pages it finds.

Installs: 81K; on skills.sh
Stars: 676; on GitHub
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

firecrawl-crawl teaches your assistant to run firecrawl crawl <url>. A crawl follows links from a start page up to a depth or page limit and saves the content. The skill tells the assistant to scope crawls with --include-paths whenever you name a section.

You must install the Firecrawl CLI and sign in, because crawl has no keyless free tier. A crawl uses credits per page, so check usage first.

Good for

Developers who want a whole docs section loaded for a coding task
Researchers who need content that spans many linked pages
Teams building a knowledge base from a site

Install firecrawl-crawl

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the firecrawl-crawl skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npm install -g firecrawl-cli@latest
firecrawl login --browser
npx skills add https://github.com/firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-crawl -a claude-code

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js, A Firecrawl account (or the keyless free tier).

The skill only gives your assistant instructions. The Firecrawl command line tool does the work, so install it and sign in first. Crawl needs an account: the skill says there is no keyless free tier, and without credentials the CLI prompts for a login. The one-command route installs the CLI, signs you in through the browser and adds the core and workflow skills for every editor it detects, not just this skill.

From the vendor's docs. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Bulk-extract many pages from one site or section. Use for "crawl", "everything under /docs", or content spanning linked pages.

Sections in SKILL.md

Quick start
Tips
See also

Key facts

Author: firecrawl org
Repo: firecrawl/cli
Installs on skills.sh: 81,009 as of 2026-11-02
GitHub stars: 676 for the whole firecrawl/cli repo, 2026-11-02
License: ISC (package.json of the CLI repo)
Last commit to the repo: 2026-10-28
What is inside: 1 file (SKILL.md)
Needs: The Firecrawl CLI (npm package firecrawl-cli), Node.js and a Firecrawl account. The SKILL.md says crawl has no keyless free tier.
Related skills: firecrawl-scrape, firecrawl-map, firecrawl-download
skills.sh audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub pass, Socket pass, Snyk warn (2026-11-02)

What it includes

Crawls a docs section and waits for it
Saves JSON to .firecrawl/crawl.json. --include-paths keeps the crawl inside the section you name, and --limit caps the page count.
Try: “Crawl the /docs section of example.com, up to 50 pages.”
Runs code · firecrawl crawl "<url>" --include-paths /docs --limit 50 --wait
Crawls a whole site to a depth limit
For when you need pages beyond one section.
Runs code · --max-depth 3 --wait --progress
Checks a running crawl
Without --wait, crawl returns a job ID to poll later.
Runs code · firecrawl crawl <job-id>
Bounds how long the CLI waits
--wait has no default timeout.
Runs code · --timeout <seconds>
Shows remaining credits before a large crawl
Needs an account. The skill says crawl uses credits per page.
Runs code · firecrawl credit-usage

From the official docs

Permissions

Medium risk

This skill crawls sites through Firecrawl and spends credits for every page. Set a page limit and a path scope before you approve a crawl.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

A wide crawl can use many credits
Crawl uses credits per page. Scope it with --include-paths, set --limit, and check firecrawl credit-usage first. github.com
Web pages can try to steer your assistant
The skill's own security note calls fetched web content untrusted and says it may contain prompt injection. Do not let the assistant follow instructions it finds on a page. github.com
Setup installs a global npm package
The CLI is installed with npm install -g. The one-command setup also adds skills to every coding editor it detects, so use the single-skill route if you want only this one. github.com
The CLI sends anonymous usage data
The README says it collects the CLI version, OS, Node.js version and which dev tools it detects during sign-in. Set FIRECRAWL_NO_TELEMETRY=1 to turn it off. github.com

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 2, 2026.

Technical details

Turning on read-only	No read-only mode. The skill runs CLI commands that spend credits and write files.
Talks to	Firecrawl's API, or your own server if you set --api-url. Web pages the CLI fetches. Page content the assistant reads goes to your AI provider as part of the chat
Sign-in and keys	Browser sign-in stores credentials in the CLI. You can set FIRECRAWL_API_KEY instead.
Scopes	Runs firecrawl commands in your shell (the skill allows Bash(firecrawl ) and Bash(npx firecrawl-cli ))

Questions

What does firecrawl-crawl do?

It makes your assistant crawl a site with the Firecrawl CLI. It follows links up to a depth or page limit and saves the pages as JSON under .firecrawl/.

How do I install firecrawl-crawl?

Use the install box at the top of this page. You need the Firecrawl CLI and a sign-in as well as the skill. The one-command route installs the whole core skill set.

Do I need a Firecrawl account?

Yes. The SKILL.md says crawl needs authentication, has no keyless free tier, and prompts an interactive login without credentials.

How much does a crawl cost?

The SKILL.md says crawl uses credits per page and gives no price. Check firecrawl credit-usage before a large crawl, and scope it with --include-paths and --limit.

Is firecrawl-crawl safe to use?

It sends the start URL to Firecrawl and can spend many credits on a wide crawl. Pages are untrusted text. Set a page limit and a path scope before you approve a crawl.

firecrawl-crawl or firecrawl-map?

Use map to list a site's URLs and pick pages first. Use crawl when you need the content of many pages. The SKILL.md also points to firecrawl-download when you want local files instead of JSON.

Skill or Firecrawl MCP server?

They are two routes to Firecrawl. firecrawl-crawl is a SKILL.md that tells the assistant to run the Firecrawl CLI in your shell. The skill only allows Bash(firecrawl *) and Bash(npx firecrawl-cli *), so it needs an assistant that can run shell commands. The Firecrawl MCP server and the local Firecrawl MCP server give your client Firecrawl as tools it calls directly, with no skill involved. The README describes firecrawl setup mcp for adding the MCP server to your editors. You can use either route, or both.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: firecrawl/cli
Folder: skills/firecrawl-crawl

firecrawl/cli skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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Firecrawl CLI install rules · github.com
firecrawl/cli README · github.com
skills CLI commands · github.com
firecrawl-crawl SKILL.md · github.com
Firecrawl security rules · github.com