firecrawl-download

What the source does

• FilesystemNone observedNo reads or writes in the source
• NetworkNone observedNo outbound calls in the source
• ShellNone observedNo commands run in the source
• DependenciesPinnedNothing floats
• SecretsNone foundNo keys in source

Five audit layers

Gates applied: no behavioural pass, no license.

Audit 0.4.1 · source sha 26630e12ae63 · 25 Oct 2026Report an issue or request a re-scan

• Publisherfirecrawl GitHub organizationOwner of the repository this skill is read from
• Source folderfirecrawl/cli/skills/firecrawl-downloadThe exact folder we audited
• LicenceNot declaredAs the repository states it
• Commit pinned for this verdict26630e12ae63A new audit runs when the source changes
• Repository statusNot archivedLast push 1 day ago
• Sandboxed runNot runSkills are read, not executed; layer L4 is skipped

Its description: Save a site or section as local files (markdown, screenshots). Use for "download the site", offline docs, or a local copy for reference.

---
name: firecrawl-download
description: |
  Save a site or section as local files (markdown, screenshots). Use for "download the site", offline docs, or a local copy for reference.
allowed-tools:
  - Bash(firecrawl *)
  - Bash(npx firecrawl-cli *)
---

# 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

```bash
# 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
```

Run `firecrawl x download --help` for the full option list, including which scrape options download supports.

**Done when:** the command exits successfully and the expected files exist under `.firecrawl/`.

## See also

- [firecrawl-map](../firecrawl-map/SKILL.md) — just discover URLs without downloading
- [firecrawl-scrape](../firecrawl-scrape/SKILL.md) — scrape individual pages
- [firecrawl-crawl](../firecrawl-crawl/SKILL.md) — bulk extract as JSON (not local files)
- [firecrawl-build-scrape](https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/build/firecrawl-build-scrape) — building bulk extraction into an app instead of running it here

Excerpt, first 2,027 characters of SKILL.md, verbatim from the audited commit. It is text from someone else’s repository, quoted so you can judge it before your agent reads it.

git clone https://github.com/firecrawl/cli
git -C cli checkout 26630e12ae63

Works in

1. 2026-10-25
   ✓SAFE B 89 / 100

   first audit · source 26630e12ae63

Questions about firecrawl-download

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