firecrawl-download

SKILL.md

firecrawl download

Experimental. Convenience command that combines map + scrape to save an entire site as local files.

Maps the site first to discover pages, then scrapes each one into nested directories under .firecrawl/. All scrape options work with download. Always pass -y to skip the confirmation prompt.

When to use

You want to save an entire site (or section) to local files

You need offline access to documentation or content

Bulk content extraction with organized file structure

Quick start

# Interactive wizard (picks format, screenshots, paths for you)
firecrawl download https://docs.example.com

With screenshots

firecrawl download https://docs.example.com --screenshot --limit 20 -y

Multiple formats (each saved as its own file per page)

firecrawl download https://docs.example.com --format markdown,links --screenshot --limit 20 -y

Creates per page: index.md + links.txt + screenshot.png

Filter to specific sections

firecrawl download https://docs.example.com --include-paths "/features,/sdks"

Skip translations

firecrawl download https://docs.example.com --exclude-paths "/zh,/ja,/fr,/es,/pt-BR"

Full combo

firecrawl download https://docs.example.com 

--include-paths "/features,/sdks" 

--exclude-paths "/zh,/ja" 

--only-main-content 

--screenshot 

-y

## Download options

| Option                    | Description                                              |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--limit <n>`             | Max pages to download                                    |
| `--search <query>`        | Filter URLs by search query                              |
| `--include-paths <paths>` | Only download matching paths                             |
| `--exclude-paths <paths>` | Skip matching paths                                      |
| `--allow-subdomains`      | Include subdomain pages                                  |
| `-y`                      | Skip confirmation prompt (always use in automated flows) |

## Scrape options (all work with download)

`-f <formats>`, `-H`, `-S`, `--screenshot`, `--full-page-screenshot`, `--only-main-content`, `--include-tags`, `--exclude-tags`, `--wait-for`, `--max-age`, `--country`, `--languages`

## See also

- [firecrawl-map](../firecrawl-map/SKILL.md) — just discover URLs without downloading
- [firecrawl-scrape](../firecrawl-scrape/SKILL.md) — scrape individual pages
- [firecrawl-crawl](../firecrawl-crawl/SKILL.md) — bulk extract as JSON (not local files)

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