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Cli firecrawl-scrape

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/firecrawl/cli
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/firecrawl/cli "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/firecrawl-scrape" ~/.claude/skills/firecrawl-cli-firecrawl-scrape && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/firecrawl-scrape/SKILL.md
source content

firecrawl scrape

Scrape one or more URLs. Returns clean, LLM-optimized markdown. Multiple URLs are scraped concurrently.

When to use

  • You have a specific URL and want its content
  • The page is static or JS-rendered (SPA)
  • Step 2 in the workflow escalation pattern: search → scrape → map → crawl → interact

Quick start

# Basic markdown extraction
firecrawl scrape "<url>" -o .firecrawl/page.md

# Main content only, no nav/footer
firecrawl scrape "<url>" --only-main-content -o .firecrawl/page.md

# Wait for JS to render, then scrape
firecrawl scrape "<url>" --wait-for 3000 -o .firecrawl/page.md

# Multiple URLs (each saved to .firecrawl/)
firecrawl scrape https://example.com https://example.com/blog https://example.com/docs

# Get markdown and links together
firecrawl scrape "<url>" --format markdown,links -o .firecrawl/page.json

# Ask a question about the page
firecrawl scrape "https://example.com/pricing" --query "What is the enterprise plan price?"

Options

OptionDescription
-f, --format <formats>
Output formats: markdown, html, rawHtml, links, screenshot, json
-Q, --query <prompt>
Ask a question about the page content (5 credits)
-H
Include HTTP headers in output
--only-main-content
Strip nav, footer, sidebar — main content only
--wait-for <ms>
Wait for JS rendering before scraping
--include-tags <tags>
Only include these HTML tags
--exclude-tags <tags>
Exclude these HTML tags
-o, --output <path>
Output file path

Tips

  • Prefer plain scrape over 
    --query
    .     Scrape to a file, then use 
    grep
    , 
    head
    , or read the markdown directly — you can search and reason over the full content yourself. Use 
    --query
    only when you want a single targeted answer without saving the page (costs 5 extra credits).
  • Try scrape before interact. Scrape handles static pages and JS-rendered SPAs. Only escalate to 
    interact
    when you need interaction (clicks, form fills, pagination).
  • Multiple URLs are scraped concurrently — check 
    firecrawl --status
    for your concurrency limit.
  • Single format outputs raw content. Multiple formats (e.g., 
    --format markdown,links
    ) output JSON.
  • Always quote URLs — shell interprets 
    ?
    and 
    &
    as special characters.
  • Naming convention: 
    .firecrawl/{site}-{path}.md

See also