Firecrawl Download

The firecrawl-download skill maps and scrapes entire websites into organized local directories, saving pages in multiple formats (markdown, links, screenshots) for offline access. It's designed for developers and content professionals who need to bulk-download documentation, create offline copies of websites, or extract content in organized file structures. The skill solves the problem of efficiently capturing entire sites locally by combining site discovery and scraping into a single command with filtering options for paths and content types.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add firecrawl/cli --skill firecrawl-download --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

firecrawl download (invoked as `firecrawl x download`)

Experimental. download is available under the firecrawl x command group.

Prerequisite: download requires authentication (no keyless free tier); without credentials the CLI prompts an interactive login.

Maps the site origin first to discover pages, then scrapes each one into nested directories under .firecrawl/. Use --include-paths to scope a non-root URL to one section. Automated runs always pass -y — without it the command opens an interactive wizard that blocks on a prompt.

Quick start

# With screenshots
firecrawl x download https://docs.example.com --screenshot --limit 20 -y

# Multiple formats (each saved as its own file per page)
firecrawl x download https://docs.example.com --format markdown,links --screenshot --limit 20 -y
# Creates per page: index.md + links.txt + screenshot.png

# Filter to specific sections
firecrawl x download https://docs.example.com --include-paths "/features,/sdks" -y

# Skip translations
firecrawl x download https://docs.example.com --exclude-paths "/zh,/ja,/fr,/es,/pt-BR" -y

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