| name | firecrawl-scrape |
| description | Extract clean markdown from any URL, including JavaScript-rendered SPAs. Use this skill whenever the user provides a URL and wants its content, says "scrape", "grab", "fetch", "pull", "get the page", "extract from this URL", or "read this webpage". Handles JS-rendered pages, multiple concurrent URLs, and returns LLM-optimized markdown. Use this instead of WebFetch for any webpage content extraction.
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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
firecrawl scrape "<url>" -o .firecrawl/page.md
firecrawl scrape "<url>" --only-main-content -o .firecrawl/page.md
firecrawl scrape "<url>" --wait-for 3000 -o .firecrawl/page.md
firecrawl scrape https://example.com https://example.com/blog https://example.com/docs
firecrawl scrape "<url>" --format markdown,links -o .firecrawl/page.json
firecrawl scrape "https://example.com/pricing" --query "What is the enterprise plan price?"
Options
| Option | Description |
|---|
-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
