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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions skills/firecrawl-cli/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ firecrawl scrape "https://firecrawl.dev" -o .firecrawl/install-check.md
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```bash
# Basic search first; inspect URLs/snippets before deciding what to scrape.
firecrawl search "query" --limit 5

# Advanced: scrape each result inline. Adds scrape credits per result; keep limits small.
firecrawl search "query" --scrape --limit 3
```

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**Avoid redundant fetches:**

- Start with plain `search`; use `search --scrape` only when you need full content for every result. `--scrape` adds scrape credits per result, so keep `--limit` small.
- `search --scrape` already fetches full page content. Don't re-scrape those URLs.
- Check `.firecrawl/` for existing data before fetching again.

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11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions skills/firecrawl-search/SKILL.md
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# Basic search
firecrawl search "your query" -o .firecrawl/result.json --json

# Search and scrape full page content from results
firecrawl search "your query" --scrape -o .firecrawl/scraped.json --json

# News from the past day
firecrawl search "your query" --sources news --tbs qdr:d -o .firecrawl/news.json --json

# Advanced: search and scrape full page content for each result
# Use only when snippets/URLs are not enough; this adds scrape credits per result.
firecrawl search "your query" --scrape --limit 3 -o .firecrawl/scraped.json --json
```

## Options
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## Tips

- **`--scrape` fetches full content** — don't re-scrape URLs from search results. This saves credits and avoids redundant fetches.
- **Start without `--scrape` by default.** Plain search costs the least and usually gives enough URLs/snippets to choose what to inspect next.
- **Use `--scrape` only when you need full page content for every returned result.** It adds normal scrape credits for each result page on top of the search cost, so keep `--limit` small.
- **If you already used `--scrape`, do not re-scrape those URLs.** The full content is already in the search output.
- Always write results to `.firecrawl/` with `-o` to avoid context window bloat.
- Use `jq` to extract URLs or titles: `jq -r '.data.web[].url' .firecrawl/search.json`
- Naming convention: `.firecrawl/search-{query}.json` or `.firecrawl/search-{query}-scraped.json`
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