skills/firecrawl/rules/install.md

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firecrawl-cli-installation	Install the official Firecrawl CLI and handle authentication. Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/firecrawl-cli Source: https://github.com/firecrawl/cli Docs: https://docs.firecrawl.dev/sdks/cli

Firecrawl CLI Installation

Quick Setup (Recommended)

npx -y firecrawl-cli -y

This installs firecrawl-cli globally, authenticates via browser, and installs all skills.

Skills are installed globally across all detected coding editors by default.

To install skills manually:

firecrawl setup skills

Manual Install

npm install -g firecrawl-cli@1.8.0

Verify

firecrawl --status

Authentication

Authenticate using the built-in login flow:

firecrawl login --browser

This opens the browser for OAuth authentication. Credentials are stored securely by the CLI.

If authentication fails

Ask the user how they'd like to authenticate:

1. Login with browser (Recommended) - Run firecrawl login --browser
2. Enter API key manually - Run firecrawl login --api-key "<key>" with a key from firecrawl.dev

Command not found

If firecrawl is not found after installation:

1. Ensure npm global bin is in PATH
2. Try: npx firecrawl-cli@1.8.0 --version
3. Reinstall: npm install -g firecrawl-cli@1.8.0