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firecrawl-cli-installation

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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

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Firecrawl CLI Installation

Quick Setup (Recommended)

npx -y firecrawl-cli@1.14.8 -y

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

This setup is safe to re-run when the CLI is missing, stale, or only partially configured.

If firecrawl is already installed and you want to update it first:

npm update -g firecrawl-cli

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@1.14.8

Verify

First check status:

firecrawl --status

Then run one small real request to prove install, auth, and output all work:

mkdir -p .firecrawl
firecrawl scrape "https://firecrawl.dev" -o .firecrawl/install-check.md

The install is healthy when both commands succeed.

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:

Login with browser (Recommended) - Run firecrawl login --browser
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:

Ensure npm global bin is in PATH
Try: npx firecrawl-cli@1.14.8 --version
Reinstall: npm install -g firecrawl-cli@1.14.8

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github: firecrawl/cli
stars: 321
license: unspecified
contributors: 8
last commit: 2026-04-16T16:19:41Z
file: skills/firecrawl-cli/rules/install.md