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ResearchNeeds a little setup33.9K installs

Write in-depth research reports

Hand it a complex question and it gathers material from across the web into a report with citations.

Good for: People who want to get to the bottom of a complex topic

Before you start: You'll need to sign up for Firecrawl to get an API key, and install the Firecrawl command-line tool.

Read this first: Only meant for big questions that deserve a proper report; it won't kick in for small lookups.

What you can do once it's installed

Just say the “You say to AI” line, with your own details swapped in.

Get to the bottom of a hard question

You say to AI

Research whether bike-share programs in cities actually reduce driving, and write it up as a full report. You have 15 minutes.

What AI does

  1. 1.Sets how deep to go based on the time you gave it
  2. 2.Searches from different angles and pulls in web pages
  3. 3.Organizes the findings, the counterarguments and the open questions

What you get

A research report with a summary up front and full sources.

A quick few-minute version

You say to AI

Spend a few minutes on the pros and cons of rooftop vegetable gardens in cities, and give me a short research report.

What AI does

  1. 1.Runs 3 to 5 sets of search terms in quick mode
  2. 2.Reads 5 to 10 reliable sources
  3. 3.Writes a short report with citations

What you get

A short report with a source for every point.

Want the original instructions? SKILL.md on firecrawl/firecrawl-workflows

How to install

Which AI tool do you use?

  1. 1. Open the Terminal app on your computer, paste the line below and press Enter

    npx skills add firecrawl/firecrawl-workflows@firecrawl-deep-research -g

    With no tool name, the command looks for the AI tools on your computer and asks where to install. If it says npx is missing or too old, install the latest Node.js (22 or newer) first.

    First time using the terminal?
    • How to open it: on a Mac, press ⌘ + Space and search “Terminal”. On Windows, search “PowerShell” in the Start menu. In Cursor, Trae or VS Code, use the menu Terminal → New Terminal.
    • Windows says “running scripts is disabled”: change npx at the start of the command to npx.cmd and try again.
    • If a list pops up: move with the arrow keys, press Space to tick the tools you want, then press Enter.
    • How to tell it worked: you'll see a success message. Reopen your AI tool and ask “What Skills do you have now?” to check.

    Don't feel like opening a terminal?

    Tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Trae can run commands themselves. Send them this:

    Please run this command in my terminal and tell me how it went: npx skills add firecrawl/firecrawl-workflows@firecrawl-deep-research -g

  2. 2. Reopen your AI tool

    New Skills only get picked up after a restart.

  3. 3. Just say what you want

    Say it the way the examples do. To call it by name, say “Use firecrawl-deep-research to help me…”.

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