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Firecrawl
by Firecrawl
An API that searches, scrapes and crawls the web to deliver clean data to your AI agents.
View on GitHub →What it does
- Search, scrape, crawl and map endpoints with Markdown or JSON output
- Python and Node SDKs, CLI and agent integrations
- Cloud service with a free tier, or open-source self-hosting
Install it
Requirements: A Firecrawl API key (cloud) or Docker (self-hosting)
Python SDK
pip install firecrawl-py
Self-host: official guide
https://docs.firecrawl.dev/contributing/self-host
The prompt for your agent
Paste it into your coding agent: it checks the requirements and installs it for you.
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Prompt
Install Firecrawl (https://firecrawl.dev) on my machine.
1. Check the requirements: A Firecrawl API key (cloud) or Docker (self-hosting). If anything is missing, tell me before installing anything.
2. Follow the official method:
- Python SDK: pip install firecrawl-py
- see https://docs.firecrawl.dev/contributing/self-host
3. Check that it works, then explain how to launch it and where to start.
Always review what your agent is about to run, especially install commands.