firecrawllisted

## Pre-computed context Status: !`command -v firecrawl >/dev/null 2>&1 && firecrawl --status 2>/dev/null | head -10 || echo "NOT INSTALLED — run: npm install -g firecrawl-cli"` Last upstream sync: !`grep -m1 '^- Last sync:' "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/UPSTREAM.md" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^- //' || echo "never — run the update action with --check"` The `firecrawl --status` line above includes auth state. If it shows unauthenticated (or the CLI is missing), the fix is: obtain a key from the <https://firecrawl.dev> dashboard and set `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` as an OS user environment variable. ## Purpose `firecrawl-cli` is the CLI alternative to the `firecrawl-mcp` MCP server. It wraps api.firecrawl.dev with agent defaults: retry/rotation on anti-bot blocks, JS rendering, and an `-o <path>` flag that writes results to disk instead of streaming into the conversation. When WebFetch fails on a large page and an MCP equivalent would dump 30K tokens of raw markdown into context, this skill writes to a tempfile and lets the agent `Read` only the slice it needs. Scalekit benchmark measured 32–35× token savings vs the MCP on comparable tasks. ## When to reach for this skill | Situation | Command | Why | |---|---|---| | WebFetch returned 403/429 (Cloudflare, PerimeterX, rate limit) | `firecrawl scrape` | Managed IP rotation + headless browser | | Page is a SPA or requires JS rendering | `firecrawl scrape` | WebFetch is a plain HTTP client — no JS | | Page needs clicks, form fills, or login | `fir