Agent skill

Firecrawl Reliability Patterns

by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

Implement bounded retries, durable async state, pagination, idempotency, reconciliation, circuit breaking, cancellation, and degraded modes for Firecrawl v2.

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Install Firecrawl Reliability Patterns

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill firecrawl-reliability-patterns -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace firecrawl-reliability-patterns --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/firecrawl-reliability-patterns .claude/skills/firecrawl-reliability-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
firecrawl-reliability-patterns
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
490 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Implement bounded retries, durable async state, pagination, idempotency, reconciliation, circuit breaking, cancellation, and degraded modes for Firecrawl v2.

  • Works in 7 steps: Define a stable work identity from… → Separate submission from completion.… → Classify validation, authentication,… → …
  • Hardening a production integration
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Current Contract and Authentication, plus 7 more sections
  • Needs FIRECRAWL_API_KEY

What it does

Firecrawl Reliability Patterns is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Implement bounded retries, durable async state, pagination, idempotency, reconciliation, circuit breaking, cancellation, and degraded modes for Firecrawl v2. Use when hardening a production integration. Trigger with "Firecrawl reliability", "Firecrawl retries", or "resilient Firecrawl".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/official-docs.md`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code; Firecrawl Cloud work requires network access

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Web scraping and Accounting and bookkeeping. It works with Firecrawl. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Hardening a production integration
  • With Firecrawl reliability
  • Firecrawl retries
  • Resilient Firecrawl

Example prompts

  • “Firecrawl reliability”
  • “Firecrawl retries”
  • “resilient Firecrawl”
  • “/firecrawl-reliability-patterns”

Requirements

  • A credential in FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; Firecrawl Cloud work requires network access
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Define a stable work identity from tenant, approved source, operation, policy version, and requested version; store attempts and…
  2. Separate submission from completion. Persist the provider job ID before acknowledging work and resume status/pagination from durable state.
  3. Classify validation, authentication, credits, restrictions, origin responses, rate/concurrency, timeouts, server failures, and downstream…
  4. Retry only documented retryable classes with jitter, Retry-After, maximum attempts, total deadline, and a circuit breaker. Never rotate…
  5. Make page acceptance, storage, indexing, webhook handling, and tombstones idempotent. Deduplicate webhook deliveries by webhookId plus…
  6. Reconcile provider job state, all result pages, accepted/rejected totals, downstream receipts, and spend on a schedule; cancel abandoned…
  7. Exercise crash-after-submit, crash-after-write, duplicate webhook, partial pagination, provider outage, stale cache, and rollback in tests.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 80f86df. 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:

    • Read
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • Write
    • Edit

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • FIRECRAWL_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code; Firecrawl Cloud work requires network access

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Firecrawl Reliability Patterns loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 80 tokens; SKILL.md has 490 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~80
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.6k

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit 80f86df, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 490 words, ~1,122 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/firecrawl-reliability-patterns/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
firecrawl-reliability-patterns
description
Implement bounded retries, durable async state, pagination, idempotency, reconciliation, circuit breaking, cancellation, and degraded modes for Firecrawl v2. Use when hardening a production integration. Trigger with "Firecrawl reliability", "Firecrawl retries", or "resilient Firecrawl".
allowed-tools
Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code; Firecrawl Cloud work requires network access
argument-hint
<repository-path> <operation>
version
1.12.0
license
MIT
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
tags
saas, firecrawl, reliability, resilience
model
inherit
effort
high

Firecrawl Reliability Controls

Overview

Make every unit of work recoverable without duplicate collection or downstream writes. Provider retry, client retry, queue replay, webhook redelivery, and operator replay must share one idempotency model.

Prerequisites

  • The target repository or integration path and the requested operator outcome.
  • The source authorization, data classification, and environment policy.
  • Current Firecrawl documentation, credentials only when needed, and an owner for approvals.

Current Contract

Only errors classified retryable by Firecrawl's current error catalog should enter automatic backoff. Async crawl, batch, agent, and related jobs require durable IDs and terminal-state handling; crawl and batch results may paginate. Webhooks retry delivery on their schedule, while status reconciliation remains necessary after missed or exhausted delivery.

Authentication

For authenticated Cloud operations, inject FIRECRAWL_API_KEY from an approved secret manager. REST requests use Authorization: Bearer with the key. Never print, commit, transmit, or place a key in a URL. Keyless access is suitable only where the current documentation explicitly allows it and the workload accepts its limits; production workflows should make identity and team ownership explicit.

Instructions

  1. Define a stable work identity from tenant, approved source, operation, policy version, and requested version; store attempts and downstream state durably.
  2. Separate submission from completion. Persist the provider job ID before acknowledging work and resume status/pagination from durable state.
  3. Classify validation, authentication, credits, restrictions, origin responses, rate/concurrency, timeouts, server failures, and downstream errors independently.
  4. Retry only documented retryable classes with jitter, Retry-After, maximum attempts, total deadline, and a circuit breaker. Never rotate keys to evade limits.
  5. Make page acceptance, storage, indexing, webhook handling, and tombstones idempotent. Deduplicate webhook deliveries by webhookId plus event context.
  6. Reconcile provider job state, all result pages, accepted/rejected totals, downstream receipts, and spend on a schedule; cancel abandoned work where safe.
  7. Exercise crash-after-submit, crash-after-write, duplicate webhook, partial pagination, provider outage, stale cache, and rollback in tests.
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Tool Discipline

Use Read, Glob, and Grep to inspect code, configuration, tests, and evidence. Use Write/Edit only for approved implementation or documentation changes. Do not call Firecrawl, rotate keys, change account settings, scrape a target, or deploy merely because this skill was invoked.

Approval Boundaries

Require approval before expanding retry budgets, replaying production jobs, cancelling shared work, using stale data as a degraded mode, or bypassing a circuit breaker.

Output

Return the state machine, idempotency keys, retry matrix, circuit and backpressure policy, reconciliation algorithm, degraded modes, test results, and recovery/rollback receipt.

Error Handling

  • Job ID was not persisted: search only through approved evidence; do not submit a duplicate blindly.
  • Pagination is incomplete: mark the result partial and withhold completeness claims.
  • Provider and downstream state cannot reconcile: stop automated replay and escalate with redacted evidence.

Examples

  • "Make crawl jobs restartable" persists job and pagination state before acknowledgment.
  • "Retry every failure forever" is replaced with documented classes, deadlines, and a circuit breaker.

Resources

Read official Firecrawl evidence before relying on an endpoint, SDK method, plan limit, price, retention option, or self-hosted release.

© jeremylongshore, MIT. 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 1 other file (references) in skills/.curated/firecrawl-reliability-patterns of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/official-docs.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 80f86df

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Works with

Questions about Firecrawl Reliability Patterns

What does Firecrawl Reliability Patterns do?

Implement bounded retries, durable async state, pagination, idempotency, reconciliation, circuit breaking, cancellation, and degraded modes for Firecrawl v2. Firecrawl Reliability Patterns is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Implement bounded retries, durable async state, pagination, idempotency, reconciliation, circuit breaking, cancellation, and degraded modes for Firecrawl v2.

When should I use Firecrawl Reliability Patterns?

Firecrawl Reliability Patterns fits situations like: hardening a production integration; with Firecrawl reliability; firecrawl retries; resilient Firecrawl.

How do I install Firecrawl Reliability Patterns in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill firecrawl-reliability-patterns -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/firecrawl-reliability-patterns in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/firecrawl-reliability-patterns in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Firecrawl Reliability Patterns in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill firecrawl-reliability-patterns -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/firecrawl-reliability-patterns in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/firecrawl-reliability-patterns in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Firecrawl Reliability Patterns 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill firecrawl-reliability-patterns -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-reliability-patterns, .gemini/skills/firecrawl-reliability-patterns, .github/skills/firecrawl-reliability-patterns and .opencode/skills/firecrawl-reliability-patterns in your project.

What does Firecrawl Reliability Patterns need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Firecrawl Reliability Patterns needs credentials named FIRECRAWL_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in FIRECRAWL_API_KEY. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; Firecrawl Cloud work requires network access.

Does Firecrawl Reliability Patterns access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Firecrawl Reliability Patterns 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 Reliability Patterns use?

Firecrawl Reliability Patterns is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Firecrawl Reliability Patterns use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 454 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Firecrawl Reliability Patterns?

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Who maintains Firecrawl Reliability Patterns?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,825 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.