firecrawl agent#

AI-powered autonomous extraction. The agent navigates sites and extracts structured data (takes 2-5 minutes).

When to use#

• You need structured data from complex multi-page sites
• Manual scraping would require navigating many pages
• You want the AI to figure out where the data lives

Quick start#

bash

# Extract structured data
firecrawl agent "extract all pricing tiers" --wait -o .firecrawl/pricing.json

# With a JSON schema for structured output
firecrawl agent "extract products" --schema '{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string"},"price":{"type":"number"}}}' --wait -o .firecrawl/products.json

# Focus on specific pages
firecrawl agent "get feature list" --urls "<url>" --wait -o .firecrawl/features.json

Options#

OptionDescription--urls <urls>Starting URLs for the agent--model <model>Model to use: spark-1-mini or spark-1-pro--schema <json>JSON schema for structured output--schema-file <path>Path to JSON schema file--max-credits <n>Credit limit for this agent run--waitWait for agent to complete--prettyPretty print JSON output-o, --output <path>Output file path

Tips#

• Always use --wait to get results inline. Without it, returns a job ID.
• Use --schema for predictable, structured output — otherwise the agent returns freeform data.
• Agent runs consume more credits than simple scrapes. Use --max-credits to cap spending.
• For simple single-page extraction, prefer scrape — it's faster and cheaper.

See also#

• firecrawl-scrape — simpler single-page extraction
• firecrawl-interact — scrape + interact for manual page interaction (more control)
• firecrawl-crawl — bulk extraction without AI