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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion skills/firecrawl-cli/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ If the task is to integrate Firecrawl into an application, add `FIRECRAWL_API_KE

## Prerequisites

Must be installed and authenticated. Check with `firecrawl --status`.
Must be installed. Check with `firecrawl --status`.

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🔥 firecrawl cli v1.8.0
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- **Concurrency**: Max parallel jobs. Run parallel operations up to this limit.
- **Credits**: Remaining API credits. Each operation consumes credits.

Authenticating gives the best results. Prefer a free account via `firecrawl init --browser` (browser login) or a `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` whenever the human can sign up. If you cannot obtain a key and the human cannot sign up, you can still search, scrape, and interact without an API key on the keyless free tier (rate-limited). See [agent onboarding](https://www.firecrawl.dev/agent-onboarding/SKILL.md) for the full set of onboarding paths.

If not ready, see [rules/install.md](rules/install.md). For output handling guidelines, see [rules/security.md](rules/security.md).

Before doing real work, verify the setup with one small request:
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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

If you cannot obtain a key and the user cannot sign up, search, scrape, and interact still work without an API key on the keyless free tier (rate-limited). Browser login or an API key remains preferred for the best results. See [agent onboarding](https://www.firecrawl.dev/agent-onboarding/SKILL.md) for the full set of onboarding paths.

### Command not found

If `firecrawl` is not found after installation:
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