firecrawl-research
The firecrawl-research skill automates web research by extracting topics from markdown files, scraping content via the FireCrawl API, and generating research documents. It includes tools for bibliography generation and academic paper templates for Pandoc and MyST.
Is firecrawl-research safe to install?
Review the source first: our audit of firecrawl-research's source files found 7 shell commands, 1 external URL, file reads and writes (high risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill executes shell commands, reads local markdown files, and writes new research and bibliography files to the local filesystem. It performs network requests to the FireCrawl API.
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Who is this skill for?
Researchers, academics, and writers who need to automate web data collection and integrate scraped sources into markdown-based academic documents.
What can you do with it?
- Extracting research topics from markdown headers or specific tags
- Scraping web content for research topics using FireCrawl
- Generating BibTeX bibliographies from scraped research results
- Creating academic papers using Pandoc or MyST templates
- Converting markdown research papers to PDF, DOCX, or HTML formats
How good is this skill?
Quality score: 5/10. The documentation is comprehensive, providing clear instructions for setup, usage, and academic workflows. It explicitly lists dependencies and API features used.
What does the skill file contain?
# FireCrawl Research ## Overview Enrich research documents by automatically searching and scraping web sources using the FireCrawl API. Extract research topics from markdown files and generate comprehensive research documents with source material. ## When to Use This Skill Use this skill when the user: - Says "Research this topic using FireCrawl" - Requests to enrich notes or documents with web sources - Wants to gather information about topics listed in a markdown file - Needs to search and scrape multiple topics systematically ## How It Works ### 1. Topic Extraction The script automat...
Frequently asked questions
How does the skill identify research topics?
It parses markdown files for headers (## or ###) or specific list items tagged with [research] or [search].
What are the limitations of the research output?
The skill does not summarize content, does not deduplicate sources, does not rank result quality, and only creates new files rather than appending to existing ones.
How do I handle API rate limits?
The script includes a built-in 12-second delay between topics to comply with the FireCrawl free tier limit of 5 requests per minute.
Can I use this for academic writing?
Yes, the skill provides templates for Pandoc and MyST and includes a script to generate BibTeX files from scraped research results.
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