What problem does it solve? Reading content out of local documents like PDFs, Word files, and spreadsheets is tedious and error-prone, and dumping raw output into a chat context wastes tokens. This Skill converts any local file into clean markdown written to disk, so you can inspect, search, and reuse the content incrementally. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Local File Parsing: Converts PDF, DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF, XLSX, XLS, and HTML files into well-formatted markdown saved under .firecrawl/. - AI Summaries and Q&A: Generates summaries with -S or answers specific questions about a document with -Q, without reading the whole file yourself. - Use Case: A user drops a 200-page research PDF and asks for the main conclusions. Run firecrawl parse ./paper.pdf -Q "What are the main conclusions?" -o .firecrawl/paper-qa.md and read the concise answer from disk instead of loading the entire document. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to parse a local file, for example: "Parse ./report.pdf and save the markdown output, then summarize its key findings."
