firecrawl-build-search

firecrawl-build-search

Firecrawl Build Search

Use this when the application starts with a query, not a URL.

Use This When

• the user asks a question and the product must discover sources first

• the feature needs current web results

• you want to turn a search query into a shortlist of pages for later scraping

Default Recommendations

• Use /search first when URL discovery is part of the product behavior.

• Keep search and extraction conceptually separate unless scraping search results is clearly required.

• Prefer selective follow-up extraction over broad hydration when cost or latency matters.

Common Product Patterns

• answer generation with cited sources

• company, competitor, or topic discovery

• research workflows that produce a shortlist before deeper extraction

• query-to-URL pipelines for later /scrape or /interact

Escalation Rules

• If you already have the URL, use firecrawl-build-scrape.

• If the result page then requires clicks or form interaction, escalate to firecrawl-build-interact.

Implementation Notes

• Treat /search as discovery, ranking, and source selection.

• Be explicit about whether the product needs snippets, URLs, or full result content.

• Keep the query contract stable so downstream scraping logic stays predictable.

Docs (Source of Truth)

Read the source-of-truth page for your project language before writing integration code:

• Node / TypeScript: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/node

• Python: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/python

• Rust: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/rust

• Java: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/java

• Elixir: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/elixir

• cURL / REST: docs.firecrawl.dev/agent-source-of-truth/curl

See Also

• firecrawl-build

• firecrawl-build-scrape

• firecrawl-build-interact

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