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firecrawl-parse

firecrawl-parse

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About firecrawl-parse

firecrawl-parse is a skill for converting local documents into Markdown files, with an option to create an AI summary. It is intended for workflows that need to inspect extracted content without sending a large document directly to the terminal.

Key features

  1. 01Convert PDF, DOCX, ODT, RTF, XLSX, and HTML files
  2. 02Write parsed Markdown to disk
  3. 03Generate an AI summary
  4. 04Inspect output with bounded reads

Use cases

  1. 01Extract text from a local PDF for review
  2. 02Create a Markdown summary of a document
  3. 03Read large parsed files incrementally

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-claude-plugin --skill firecrawl-parse

After installing, type/firecrawl-parsein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

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.

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).

See also

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