Install
openclaw skills install firecrawl-build-searchFirecrawl Build Search
Integrate Firecrawl `/search` into product code and agent workflows. Use when an app needs discovery before extraction, when the feature starts with a query instead of a URL, or when the system should search the web and optionally hydrate result content.
Firecrawl Build Search
Use this when the application starts with a query, not a URL.
Use This When
- the user asks a question and the product must discover sources first
- the feature needs current web results
- you want to turn a search query into a shortlist of pages for later scraping
Default Recommendations
- Use
/searchfirst when URL discovery is part of the product behavior. - Keep search and extraction conceptually separate unless scraping search results is clearly required.
- Prefer selective follow-up extraction over broad hydration when cost or latency matters.
Common Product Patterns
- answer generation with cited sources
- company, competitor, or topic discovery
- research workflows that produce a shortlist before deeper extraction
- query-to-URL pipelines for later
/scrapeor/interact
Escalation Rules
- If you already have the URL, use firecrawl-build-scrape.
- If the result page then requires clicks or form interaction, escalate to firecrawl-build-interact.
Implementation Notes
- Treat
/searchas discovery, ranking, and source selection. - Be explicit about whether the product needs snippets, URLs, or full result content.
- Keep the query contract stable so downstream scraping logic stays predictable.
Docs (Source of Truth)
Read the source-of-truth page for your project language before writing integration code:
- 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