SKILL.md
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AI summary
firecrawl parse ./paper.pdf -S -o .firecrawl/paper-summary.md
Ask a question about the doc
firecrawl parse ./paper.pdf -Q "What are the main conclusions?"
-o .firecrawl/paper-qa.md
Then `head`, `grep`, `rg` etc., or incrementally read the file - don't load the whole thing at once.
## Options
| Option | Description |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `-S, --summary` | AI-generated summary |
| `-Q, --query <prompt>` | Ask a question about the parsed content |
| `-o, --output <path>` | Output file path — **always use this** |
| `-f, --format <fmt>` | `markdown` (default), `html`, `summary` |
| `--timeout <ms>` | Timeout for the parse job |
| `--timing` | Show request duration |
## Tips
- Quote paths with spaces: `firecrawl parse "./My Doc.pdf" -o .firecrawl/mydoc.md`.
- Max upload size: **50 MB** per file.
- Credits: ~1 per PDF page; HTML is 1 flat.
- Check `.firecrawl/` before re-parsing the same file.
- To check your credit balance (recommended for batch processing and similar workflows), use the `firecrawl credit-usage` command.
## See also
- [firecrawl-scrape](../firecrawl-scrape/SKILL.md) — same idea for URLs