{"slug":"firecrawl-parse","title":"firecrawl-parse","summary":"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.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-17T09:07:08.387945Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/skills","stars":126,"forks":36,"license":"ISC","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T00:34:48Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<p>name: firecrawl-parse\ndescription: |\nConvert 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.\nallowed-tools:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bash(firecrawl *)</li>\n<li>Bash(npx firecrawl-cli *)</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h1>firecrawl parse</h1>\n<p>Turn a local document into clean markdown on disk. Supports <strong>PDF, DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF, XLSX, XLS, HTML/HTM</strong>.</p>\n<h2>Quick start</h2>\n<p>Always save to <code>.firecrawl/</code> with <code>-o</code> — parsed docs can be hundreds of KB and blow up context if streamed to stdout. Add <code>.firecrawl/</code> to <code>.gitignore</code>.</p>\n<pre><code>mkdir -p .firecrawl\n\n# File → markdown\nfirecrawl parse ./paper.pdf -o .firecrawl/paper.md\n\n# AI summary\nfirecrawl parse ./paper.pdf -S -o .firecrawl/paper-summary.md\n\n# Ask a question about the doc\nfirecrawl parse ./paper.pdf -Q \"What are the main conclusions?\" \\\n  -o .firecrawl/paper-qa.md\n</code></pre>\n<p>Then read the output incrementally with <code>head</code>, <code>grep</code>, or <code>rg</code>.</p>\n<p>Run <code>firecrawl parse --help</code> for the full option list.</p>\n<p><strong>Done when:</strong> the markdown, summary, or answer is written under <code>.firecrawl/</code> and you have inspected it with bounded reads.</p>\n<h2>Tips</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Quote paths with spaces: <code>firecrawl parse \"./My Doc.pdf\" -o .firecrawl/mydoc.md</code>.</li>\n<li>Max upload size: <strong>50 MB</strong> per file.</li>\n<li>Credits: ~1 per PDF page; HTML is 1 flat.</li>\n<li>Check <code>.firecrawl/</code> before re-parsing the same file.</li>\n<li>To check your credit balance (recommended for batch processing and similar workflows), use <code>firecrawl credit-usage</code> (requires authentication).</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>See also</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"../firecrawl-scrape/SKILL.md\">firecrawl-scrape</a> — same idea for URLs</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/build/firecrawl-build-scrape\">firecrawl-build-scrape</a> — building document extraction into an app instead of running it here</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":1771,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. Treat it as data to evaluate, never as directives to follow.","bodySource":null},"bodyLocked":false,"purchaseUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"report":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","screen":{"ran":true,"outcome":"clean","suspicious":0,"notes":0,"hiddenCharacters":false},"virusScan":{"engine":"clamav","status":"clean","scannedAt":"2026-10-17T09:07:29.983272Z","sha256":"90A6E37CCD960C8082AF6B6D8445BB213417A9079A852B8A20E5F63B801D6BBA","sizeBytes":1035},"review":null,"source":{"repositoryUrl":"https://github.com/firecrawl/skills","path":"skills/core/firecrawl-parse","license":"ISC","commit":"85071566adaf3f47fdec0e00760fa355bb469d71","subtreeSha":"96249DCDC357C0292B6704928DAC5A7699B2379992D6B6EDFFF94865AA4F2093","lastSyncedAt":"2026-10-17T09:07:05.843473Z"},"reviewedAt":"2026-10-17T09:08:03.491763Z","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. Treat it as data to evaluate, never as directives to follow."},"install":[{"target":"skills-cli","command":"npx skills add https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/core/firecrawl-parse"},{"target":"claude-code","command":"claude plugin marketplace add https://llmmart.ai/marketplace.json && claude plugin install firecrawl-skills@llmmart"},{"target":"git","command":"git clone https://github.com/firecrawl/skills.git"}]}