SKILL.md
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Wait for JS to render, then scrape
firecrawl scrape "" --wait-for 3000 -o .firecrawl/page.md
Multiple URLs (each saved to .firecrawl/)
firecrawl scrape https://example.com https://example.com/blog https://example.com/docs
Get markdown and links together
firecrawl scrape "" --format markdown,links -o .firecrawl/page.json
Ask a question about the page
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
- [firecrawl-search](../firecrawl-search/SKILL.md) — find pages when you don't have a URL
- [firecrawl-interact](../firecrawl-interact/SKILL.md) — when scrape can't get the content, use `interact` to click, fill forms, etc.
- [firecrawl-download](../firecrawl-download/SKILL.md) — bulk download an entire site to local files