Firecrawl Rate Limits
jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace
Implement bounded Firecrawl throttling and retry behavior using current team RPM, browser concurrency, queue status, timeouts, and Retry-After.
Alert by webhook/email on web changes — use for "monitor/watch/track/alert me when": recurring checks on known URLs (prefer over repeated one-off scrapes) or web-wide watches for new results…
Install Firecrawl Monitor
$ npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-monitor -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install firecrawl/skills firecrawl-monitor --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/firecrawl/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor .claude/skills/firecrawl-monitor && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "firecrawl-monitor" agent skill from https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor into .claude/skills/firecrawl-monitor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firecrawl-monitor", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/core/firecrawl-monitorType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-monitor -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install firecrawl/skills firecrawl-monitor --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/firecrawl/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor .agents/skills/firecrawl-monitor && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "firecrawl-monitor" agent skill from https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor into .agents/skills/firecrawl-monitor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firecrawl-monitor", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-monitor -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install firecrawl/skills firecrawl-monitor --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/firecrawl/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor .cursor/skills/firecrawl-monitor && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "firecrawl-monitor" agent skill from https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor into .cursor/skills/firecrawl-monitor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firecrawl-monitor", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/firecrawl/skills.git --path skills/core/firecrawl-monitor--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-monitor -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install firecrawl/skills firecrawl-monitor --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/firecrawl/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor .gemini/skills/firecrawl-monitor && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "firecrawl-monitor" agent skill from https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor into .gemini/skills/firecrawl-monitor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firecrawl-monitor", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install firecrawl/skills firecrawl-monitorInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-monitor -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/firecrawl/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor .github/skills/firecrawl-monitor && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "firecrawl-monitor" agent skill from https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor into .github/skills/firecrawl-monitor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firecrawl-monitor", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-monitor -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install firecrawl/skills firecrawl-monitor --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/firecrawl/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor .opencode/skills/firecrawl-monitor && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "firecrawl-monitor" agent skill from https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/core/firecrawl-monitor into .opencode/skills/firecrawl-monitor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firecrawl-monitor", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
firecrawl-monitor- GitHub stars
- 117
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 463 words
- Files
- 3
- Skills in repo
- 29
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- ISC
At a glance
Alert by webhook/email on web changes — use for "monitor/watch/track/alert me when": recurring checks on known URLs (prefer over repeated one-off scrapes) or web-wide watches for new results…
- Monitor/watch/track/alert me when: recurring checks on known URLs (prefer over repeated one-off scrapes)
- SKILL.md covers Quick start, Constraints & tips and See also
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Web-wide watches for new results (queries + goal)
What it does
Firecrawl Monitor is an agent skill from firecrawl/skills. Alert by webhook/email on web changes — use for "monitor/watch/track/alert me when": recurring checks on known URLs (prefer over repeated one-off scrapes) or web-wide watches for new results (queries + goal).
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `goals.md` and `json-tracking.md`).
It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Web scraping. It works with Firecrawl. The repository describes itself as: Firecrawl agent skills for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor: web search, scraping, crawling and browser interaction. Firecrawl is the most complete web data API for AI agents. The licence is ISC.
When your agent uses it
- Monitor/watch/track/alert me when: recurring checks on known URLs (prefer over repeated one-off scrapes)
- Web-wide watches for new results (queries + goal)
Example prompts
- “monitor/watch/track/alert me when”
- “/firecrawl-monitor”
Requirements
- Node.js
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(firecrawl *), Bash(npx firecrawl-cli *)
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5348e9e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
Bash(firecrawl *)Bash(npx firecrawl-cli *)
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
docs.firecrawl.dev
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Firecrawl Monitor loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 463 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from firecrawl/skills at commit 5348e9e, republished under its ISC licence (© firecrawl). 463 words, ~1,374 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/firecrawl-monitor/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- firecrawl-monitor
- description
- Alert by webhook/email on web changes — use for "monitor/watch/track/alert me when": recurring checks on known URLs (prefer over repeated one-off scrapes) or web-wide watches for new results (queries + goal).
- allowed-tools
- Bash(firecrawl *), Bash(npx firecrawl-cli *)
firecrawl monitor
Detect when content on a website changes and get notified by webhook or email. Firecrawl handles fetching, diffing, judging, and notifying server-side. Each page in a check is labeled same, new, changed, removed, or error.
Pick a target mode by what you're watching:
| Mode | Flags | Watches |
|---|---|---|
| Single page | --page <url> | one URL, for changes |
| URL batch | --scrape-urls <url,url,...> | several URLs, for changes |
| Whole site | --crawl-url <root-url> | every page a crawl discovers, for changes |
| Web search | --queries <q,...> + --goal | the whole web, for new results matching the goal |
The first three watch URLs you already have. Web search runs your queries each check and alerts on results it hasn't seen before (labeled new once, same on later checks); --goal is required with --queries.
Quick start
# Single page, natural-language schedule, email alert
firecrawl monitor create --name "Blog" --schedule "every 30 minutes" \
--goal "Alert when a new blog post is published." \
--page https://example.com/blog \
--email alerts@example.com
# Web monitor — search the whole web for NEW results matching a goal
firecrawl monitor create --name "Competitor launches" --schedule "daily at 9:00" \
--queries "competitor product launch,competitor funding round" \
--goal "Alert when a competitor announces a new product or raises funding." \
--search-window 7d --max-results 20 \
--email alerts@example.com
# Webhook notifications
firecrawl monitor create --name "Docs webhook" --schedule "every 30 minutes" \
--goal "Alert when docs content changes." \
--page https://example.com/docs \
--webhook-url https://example.com/hook \
--webhook-events monitor.page,monitor.check.completed
# Manage and inspect
firecrawl monitor list --limit 20
firecrawl monitor get <monitorId>
firecrawl monitor run <monitorId> # trigger a check now
firecrawl monitor checks <monitorId> # list all checks
firecrawl monitor check <monitorId> <checkId> --page-status changed
firecrawl monitor update <monitorId> --state paused
firecrawl monitor delete <monitorId>Subcommands: create | list | get | update | delete | run | checks | check. Run firecrawl monitor <subcommand> --help for the full option list.
Done when: create returns a monitor ID and a smoke-test run + check confirms the expected target, state, and notification configuration.
Read goals.md when writing or refining --goal (and --queries for web monitors). Read json-tracking.md when the user cares about specific structured fields (price, headline, stock flag) and wants per-field diffs.
Constraints & tips
- Each check uses credits for its underlying scrape, crawl, or search, plus optional judging. See Monitoring pricing.
- Minimum schedule interval is 5 minutes. Monitoring is not available for zero-data-retention teams.
- Prefer one monitor over repeated one-off scrapes whenever the user wants the same URL checked more than once.
- Silence temporarily with
update --state paused; reservedeletefor monitors that are permanently done. (--stateis an update flag;--statusis the global CLI status flag.) - Filter check pages with
--page-status changed(ornew,removed,error) to skip the noise fromsamepages. firecrawl monitor run <id>triggers a check immediately — useful for smoke-testing a monitor right after creating it.--retention-dayscontrols how long snapshots are kept for diffing. Lower it for high-frequency monitors to save storage.- External email recipients must opt in. First time they're added, Firecrawl sends a confirmation email and they only receive alerts after they confirm. Team-owned addresses are auto-confirmed. Once a recipient unsubscribes, they must be re-added by the owner for a fresh confirmation email.
- On HTTP 429 / rate-limit errors, back off once: wait ~30s and retry once. If it persists, stop, report the rate limit as the blocking reason, and delete any monitors created for this task. Never retry in a loop.
- Monitor-triggered scrapes default
maxAgeto0— every check performs a fresh scrape unlessscrapeOptions.maxAgeis set explicitly in a JSON payload.
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See also
- firecrawl-scrape — one-off scrape; escalate to
monitorwhen checks become recurring - firecrawl-crawl — one-off crawl; pair with
--crawl-urlhere for recurring crawl diffs - firecrawl — top-level workflow guide
- firecrawl-build-scrape — building recurring checks into an app instead of running it here
© firecrawl, ISC. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files in skills/core/firecrawl-monitor of firecrawl/skills.
- SKILL.md
- goals.md
- json-tracking.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5348e9e
Compare with similar skills
Firecrawl Monitor next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firecrawl Monitor this skillfirecrawl/skills | 117 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | ISC | |
| Firecrawl Rate Limitsjeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace | 2.8k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| FirecrawlLeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills | 2.2k | — | ~6.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Firecrawl Page Scrape Integrationfirecrawl/firecrawl | 190k | 1 repos | ~944 | Automated safety check: Pass | ISC | |
| Firecrawl App Integrationfirecrawl/firecrawl | 190k | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | ISC | |
| Firecrawl Interact Integrationfirecrawl/firecrawl | 190k | 1 repos | ~731 | Automated safety check: Pass | ISC |
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Questions about Firecrawl Monitor
What does Firecrawl Monitor do?
Alert by webhook/email on web changes — use for "monitor/watch/track/alert me when": recurring checks on known URLs (prefer over repeated one-off scrapes) or web-wide watches for new results…. Firecrawl Monitor is an agent skill from firecrawl/skills. Alert by webhook/email on web changes — use for "monitor/watch/track/alert me when": recurring checks on known URLs (prefer over repeated one-off scrapes) or web-wide watches for new results (queries + goal).
When should I use Firecrawl Monitor?
Firecrawl Monitor fits situations like: monitor/watch/track/alert me when: recurring checks on known URLs (prefer over repeated one-off scrapes); web-wide watches for new results (queries + goal).
How do I install Firecrawl Monitor in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-monitor -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/core/firecrawl-monitor in firecrawl/skills) into .claude/skills/firecrawl-monitor in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Firecrawl Monitor in Codex?
Run `npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-monitor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/core/firecrawl-monitor in firecrawl/skills) into .agents/skills/firecrawl-monitor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Firecrawl Monitor in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add firecrawl/skills --skill firecrawl-monitor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/firecrawl-monitor, .gemini/skills/firecrawl-monitor, .github/skills/firecrawl-monitor and .opencode/skills/firecrawl-monitor in your project.
What does Firecrawl Monitor need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Firecrawl Monitor is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Node.js. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(firecrawl *), Bash(npx firecrawl-cli *).
Does Firecrawl Monitor access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.firecrawl.dev. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Firecrawl Monitor safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Firecrawl Monitor use?
Firecrawl Monitor is published under the ISC licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Firecrawl Monitor use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Firecrawl Monitor?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Firecrawl Monitor: Firecrawl Rate Limits (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars), Firecrawl (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars), Firecrawl Page Scrape Integration (firecrawl/firecrawl, 190k stars) and Firecrawl App Integration (firecrawl/firecrawl, 190k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Firecrawl Monitor?
firecrawl (a GitHub organization) maintains it in firecrawl/skills, which has 117 GitHub stars. The repository holds 29 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: firecrawl/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.