firecrawl-parse

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Convert a local file (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, HTML, …) to markdown, or answer questions about its content. Use whenever the input is a file path, not a URL.

19installs

Sourcefirecrawl/skills

Added on2026-08-21

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add firecrawl/skills firecrawl-parse

SKILL.md Content

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firecrawl parse

Turn a local document into clean markdown on disk. Supports PDF, DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF, XLSX, XLS, HTML/HTM.

Quick start

Always save to

.firecrawl/

with

-o

— parsed docs can be hundreds of KB and blow up context if streamed to stdout. Add

.firecrawl/

to

.gitignore

.

bash

mkdir -p .firecrawl

# File → markdown
firecrawl parse ./paper.pdf -o .firecrawl/paper.md

# 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 read the output incrementally with

head

,

grep

, or

rg

.

Run

firecrawl parse --help

for the full option list.

Done when: the markdown, summary, or answer is written under

.firecrawl/

and you have inspected it with bounded reads.

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
```
firecrawl credit-usage
```
(requires authentication).