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firecrawl-search

Search the web and scrape full page content into JSON files via the Firecrawl CLI.

Updated Aug 20, 2026
Search Tags:#cli#web search#firecrawl#json#content extraction#scraping#news search
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/bittlinkm/claude-setup --skill firecrawl-search-bittlinkm
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: firecrawl-search
Source: https://github.com/bittlinkm/claude-setup/tree/main/skills/firecrawl-search
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/bittlinkm/claude-setup --skill firecrawl-search-bittlinkm

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Finding sources, articles, or news when no URL is known requires running web searches and then fetching page content separately. This Skill combines both steps, returning search results as JSON with optional full-page scraping, saved to disk to avoid context window bloat. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Web Search with JSON Output: Run queries through the Firecrawl CLI and save structured results to .firecrawl/ files for downstream processing with tools like jq. - Optional Full-Page Scraping: Add --scrape to fetch complete page content from result URLs in one call, avoiding redundant fetches and saving credits. - News and Category Filtering: Restrict results to news sources with time windows (--sources news --tbs qdr:d) or weight developer-index results via --categories developer. - Use Case: When researching a topic like React hooks, run a search with scraping enabled, extract URLs with jq, and reuse the scraped content directly instead of re-fetching each page. ## Quick Start Ask the AI to search the web for your query using firecrawl search and save the results with full page content to a JSON file.

Frequently Asked Questions about firecrawl-search

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I search the web and get full page content with Firecrawl?▼

Run firecrawl search with your query and add the --scrape flag to fetch full page content from result URLs in the same call. Save output with -o to a .firecrawl/ JSON file to avoid context window bloat.

How to filter Firecrawl search results to recent news?▼

Use --sources news combined with --tbs qdr:d to restrict results to news from the past day. The full option list is available via firecrawl search --help.

What is the difference between firecrawl search categories developer and research?▼

The --categories developer flag weighs the developer index alongside ordinary web results in the same call. The --categories research flag is only a website filter; for published papers use the dedicated firecrawl-research-index skill instead.

Why did my Firecrawl search produce no output file?▼

Zero-result searches write no output file, so the file may be missing or left over from an earlier search. Verify results exist with jq before reading the search id or sending feedback.

How does Firecrawl search feedback refund credits?▼

Sending one structured feedback event per search via firecrawl search-feedback refunds 1 credit, but it must be sent within about two minutes of the search. A daily team cap of 100 refunded credits applies, and feedback requires substantive content like valuable sources or missing content.

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