Item: firecrawl-parse
Rating: 5.2
Author: Implexa

firecrawl-parse

Convert a local file (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, HTML, …) to markdown, or answer questions about its content. Use whenever the input is a file path, not a URL.

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5.2/ 10

evaluated by implexa, claude-haiku-4-5 · 2026-06-16

firecrawl-parse converts local documents (pdf, docx, xlsx, html, etc) to markdown with optional ai summarization and qa. outputs to disk to avoid context bloat.

structure

4.0

trigger phrases

6.0

procedure

5.0

edge cases

3.0

documentation

6.0

strengths

SKILL.md

Convert local documents—PDF, DOCX, XLSX, HTML, and more—to clean markdown saved to disk.

Supports 8+ file formats including PDF, DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF, XLSX, XLS, and HTML variants

Includes AI-powered summarization (-S flag) and question-answering (-Q flag) to extract insights directly from parsed content

Outputs to .firecrawl/ directory to avoid bloating context; handles files up to 50 MB with per-page credit consumption

Use for local files only; prefer firecrawl-scrape for URLs

firecrawl parse

Turn a local document into clean markdown on disk. Supports PDF, DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF, XLSX, XLS, HTML/HTM.

Quick start

Always save to .firecrawl/ with -o — parsed docs can be hundreds of KB and blow up context if streamed to stdout. Add .firecrawl/ to .gitignore.

mkdir -p .firecrawl

# File → markdown
firecrawl parse ./paper.pdf -o .firecrawl/paper.md

# AI summary
firecrawl parse ./paper.pdf -S -o .firecrawl/paper-summary.md

don't have the plugin yet? install it then click "run inline in claude" again.