firecrawl-build-onboarding

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Get Firecrawl credentials and SDK setup into a project. Use when an application needs `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY`, when an agent should add Firecrawl to `.env`, when…

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🧩 One of 7 skills in the firecrawl/skills package — works on its own, and pairs well with its siblings.

Get Firecrawl credentials and SDK setup into a project. Use when an application needs `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY`, when an agent should add Firecrawl to `.env`, when…

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by firecrawl

Get Firecrawl credentials and SDK setup into a project. Use when an application needs FIRECRAWL_API_KEY, when an agent should add Firecrawl to .env, when… npx skills add https://github.com/firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-build-onboarding Download ZIP GitHub39

Firecrawl Build Onboarding

Use this skill for the application-integration path from Firecrawl's onboarding flow.

Use This When

a project needs FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
the user wants Firecrawl wired into .env
you are adding Firecrawl to an app for the first time
you need to choose the first SDK or REST path

If the human still needs to sign up, sign in, or authorize access in the browser, use the auth flow reference in this skill.

What Do You Need?

Task Reference Run the browser auth flow and save FIRECRAWL_API_KEY references/auth-flow.md Install the right SDK references/sdk-installation.md Put credentials into .env or project config references/project-setup.md Choose the right endpoint after setup firecrawl-build Need live web tooling during this task The CLI skills are already installed from the same command Start implementation from a known URL firecrawl-build-scrape Start implementation from a query firecrawl-build-search

Docs (Source of Truth)

Read the source-of-truth page for your project language for SDK usage, schemas, and examples:

Node / TypeScript: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/node
Python: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/python
Rust: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/rust
Java: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/java
Elixir: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/elixir
cURL / REST: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/curl

Copy & paste — that's it

npx -y firecrawl-cli@latest init --all --browser

Run this in your project — your agent picks the skill up automatically.

Install

If you haven't installed yet, one command sets up both the CLI tools (for live web work) and the build skills (for app integration):

Copy & paste — that's it

npx -y firecrawl-cli@latest init --all --browser

This installs the Firecrawl CLI, the CLI skills, and these build skills together. It also opens browser auth so the human can sign in or create an account. No separate npx skills add step is needed.

Quick Start

If the user already has an API key, place it in .env:

Copy & paste — that's it

FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-...

If the project is self-hosted, also set:

Copy & paste — that's it

FIRECRAWL_API_URL=https://your-firecrawl-instance.example.com

Then decide which integration path applies:

Fresh project -> choose the target stack, install the SDK, add the first Firecrawl call, and run a smoke test
Existing project -> inspect the repo first, then integrate Firecrawl where the project already handles third-party APIs and env vars

After Setup

Once the key is present:

decide whether this is a fresh project or an existing codebase
ask what Firecrawl should do in the product
pick the narrowest endpoint that matches that behavior
read the source-of-truth page for the project language before writing code
add the SDK or REST call in code
run a smoke test that proves one real Firecrawl request succeeds
use the endpoint-specific skills in this repo for implementation guidance
if you also need live web tooling during the current task, the CLI skills are already installed — use firecrawl/cli