Can this skill bypass anti-bot systems and CAPTCHAs?

Absolutely. Firecrawl features built-in mechanisms to bypass sophisticated bot detection and CAPTCHA systems automatically.

What formats does the scraper support?

The skill can output content as LLM-ready markdown, clean HTML, structured JSON, or even visual screenshots.

Is a Firecrawl API key required?

Yes, an API key from firecrawl.dev is required. It should be stored securely in your environment variables as FIRECRAWL_API_KEY.

What is the 'extract' feature?

The extract feature uses AI to parse web content into a specific JSON or Zod schema you define, making it easy to get structured data from messy pages.

Does Firecrawl handle JavaScript-rendered websites?

Yes, Firecrawl executes client-side JavaScript to ensure all dynamic content is fully rendered and captured before conversion.

Firecrawl Web Scraper

Name: Firecrawl Web Scraper
Author: secondsky

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Web Scraping & Data Collection

Converts entire websites into LLM-ready markdown and structured data with advanced anti-bot bypass and JavaScript rendering.

About

The Firecrawl Web Scraper skill empowers Claude Code to crawl, scrape, and extract content from any website, regardless of technical complexity. It specializes in bypassing bot detection and rendering heavy JavaScript to produce clean, high-quality markdown that is optimized for LLM consumption. Whether you need to index entire documentation sites, extract structured product data using AI schemas, or map out website architectures, this skill provides the production-grade tools necessary for sophisticated web data collection and RAG pipeline development.

Key Features

Schema-driven AI extraction for structured data like prices and specs
Advanced anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass capabilities
21 GitHub stars
Full JavaScript rendering for scraping dynamic web applications
Recursive site crawling and URL mapping for comprehensive indexing
High-fidelity HTML-to-markdown conversion optimized for LLMs

Use Cases

Scraping complex documentation sites to build local AI knowledge bases
Crawling site maps to discover and archive content for data analysis
Automating the extraction of structured data from e-commerce product pages

About

Key Features

Schema-driven AI extraction for structured data like prices and specs
Advanced anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass capabilities
21 GitHub stars
Full JavaScript rendering for scraping dynamic web applications
Recursive site crawling and URL mapping for comprehensive indexing
High-fidelity HTML-to-markdown conversion optimized for LLMs

Use Cases

Scraping complex documentation sites to build local AI knowledge bases
Crawling site maps to discover and archive content for data analysis
Automating the extraction of structured data from e-commerce product pages