1---
2name: firecrawl-scrape
3description: |
4  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.
5allowed-tools:
6  - Bash(firecrawl *)
7  - Bash(npx firecrawl *)
8---
9 
10# firecrawl scrape
11 
12Scrape one or more URLs. Returns clean, LLM-optimized markdown. Multiple URLs are scraped concurrently.
13 
14## When to use
15 
16- You have a specific URL and want its content
17- The page is static or JS-rendered (SPA)
18- Step 2 in the [workflow escalation pattern](firecrawl-cli): search → **scrape** → map → crawl → interact
19 
20## Quick start
21 
22```bash
23# Basic markdown extraction
24firecrawl scrape "<url>" -o .firecrawl/page.md
25 
26# Main content only, no nav/footer
27firecrawl scrape "<url>" --only-main-content -o .firecrawl/page.md
28 
29# Wait for JS to render, then scrape
30firecrawl scrape "<url>" --wait-for 3000 -o .firecrawl/page.md
31 
32# Multiple URLs (each saved to .firecrawl/)
33firecrawl scrape https://example.com https://example.com/blog https://example.com/docs
34 
35# Get markdown and links together
36firecrawl scrape "<url>" --format markdown,links -o .firecrawl/page.json
37 
38# Ask a question about the page
39firecrawl scrape "https://example.com/pricing" --query "What is the enterprise plan price?"
40```
41 
42## Options
43 
44| Option                   | Description                                                      |
45| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
46| `-f, --format <formats>` | Output formats: markdown, html, rawHtml, links, screenshot, json |
47| `-Q, --query <prompt>`   | Ask a question about the page content (5 credits)                |
48| `-H`                     | Include HTTP headers in output                                   |
49| `--only-main-content`    | Strip nav, footer, sidebar — main content only                   |
50| `--wait-for <ms>`        | Wait for JS rendering before scraping                            |
51| `--include-tags <tags>`  | Only include these HTML tags                                     |
52| `--exclude-tags <tags>`  | Exclude these HTML tags                                          |
53| `-o, --output <path>`    | Output file path                                                 |
54 
55## Tips
56 
57- **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).
58- **Try scrape before interact.** Scrape handles static pages and JS-rendered SPAs. Only escalate to `interact` when you need interaction (clicks, form fills, pagination).
59- Multiple URLs are scraped concurrently — check `firecrawl --status` for your concurrency limit.
60- Single format outputs raw content. Multiple formats (e.g., `--format markdown,links`) output JSON.
61- Always quote URLs — shell interprets `?` and `&` as special characters.
62- Naming convention: `.firecrawl/{site}-{path}.md`
63 
64## See also
65 
66- [firecrawl-search](../firecrawl-search/SKILL.md) — find pages when you don't have a URL
67- [firecrawl-interact](../firecrawl-interact/SKILL.md) — when scrape can't get the content, use `interact` to click, fill forms, etc.
68- [firecrawl-download](../firecrawl-download/SKILL.md) — bulk download an entire site to local files
69