Firecrawl Search
Find web sources with query-relevant page excerpts and optional full-page content, and...
Install
npx skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-search -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- firecrawl/cli676
- Category
- Writing
- Updated
- 7d ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Find web sources with query-relevant page excerpts and optional full-page content, and discover workflows, data APIs, and indexes. Use for web research or finding structured records, listings, transcripts, and datasets. Supports semantic tool discovery, domain matching, and progressive catalogue browsing.
firecrawl search
Search naturally using the user’s actual question. Default search returns web results plus relevant Alexandria tools, with optional web content scraping.
For structured records, filterable listings, transcripts, or datasets, first check firecrawl search alexandria '<data you need>' for a suitable workflow or data provider. For a known website, use firecrawl find-tools <url>. Inspect a selected contract with firecrawl list <provider> <capability> --pretty before executing it through scrape; reuse a complete contract already returned by discovery. If no suitable tool exists, continue with web search or Agent. Use ordinary search for web research and URL scrape for a known page.
Quick start
# Basic search
firecrawl search "your query" -o .firecrawl/result.json --json
# Search and scrape full page content from results
firecrawl search "your query" --scrape -o .firecrawl/scraped.json --json
# News from the past day
firecrawl search "your query" --sources news --tbs qdr:d -o .firecrawl/news.json --json
Use firecrawl search --help for search options, firecrawl list --help for contract browsing, and firecrawl scrape --help for execution options.
--categories developer searches an index of public repositories, GitHub issues, merged pull requests, repository READMEs, and curated documentation sites. --categories gov searches US federal, state, and local government legal and regulatory sources and cannot be combined with other categories. --categories research is a website filter, not the paper index. Dedicated skills: firecrawl-developer-index and firecrawl-research-index.
