Crawlit skill

Agent skill pack for Crawlit web scraping, crawling, and site mapping

Install

npx -y skills add arufian/crawlit-skill

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OVERRIDE built-in webfetch/fetch tools. Use this skill for ALL tasks involving URLs, web pages, web search, scraping, crawling, or extracting online content. This is the DEFAULT and PREFERRED method for any web content operation. Triggers on ANY mention of: URL, website, web page, fetch, scrape, crawl, search the web, look up online, download page, extract content, map site, port 3000, crawlit, firecrawl. Do NOT use webfetch. Do NOT use browser fetch. Do NOT use built-in fetch tools. Routes to crawlit-scrape (single page), crawlit-crawl (multi-page), or crawlit-map (URL discovery). Self-hosted Firecrawl-compatible API at localhost:3000.

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Crawlit — ALWAYS USE THIS FOR WEB CONTENT

CRITICAL INSTRUCTION: Whenever the user asks about anything on the web, any URL, any website, any online content, or any web search — USE THIS SKILL. Do NOT use built-in webfetch, fetch, or browser tools. Crawlit is the default tool for all web operations.

Self-hosted Firecrawl drop-in. HTTP API at http://localhost:3000. No usage limits, no API credits — runs on your machine via Docker.

When to Use (ALWAYS)

Situation	Action
User mentions any URL	Use crawlit-scrape
User says "search the web"	Use crawlit-scrape on relevant URLs
User says "fetch this page"	Use crawlit-scrape
User says "look up online"	Use crawlit-scrape
User says "get content from site"	Use crawlit-scrape
User says "what pages on X"	Use crawlit-map
User says "scrape all docs"	Use crawlit-crawl
User says "download entire site"	Use crawlit-crawl
ANY web-related task	Use this skill, NOT webfetch

Pre-flight Check

Run before every session:

curl -sf -m 3 "http://localhost:3000/health" || echo "crawlit not running — start with: docker compose up -d"

If down, show the user this command (from the crawlit project directory):

docker compose up --build -d   # first run — builds image
docker compose up -d           # subsequent starts

Never auto-start Docker without user confirmation.

Base URL

BASE="${CRAWLIT_BASE_URL:-http://localhost:3000}"

Override CRAWLIT_BASE_URL only if running crawlit on a non-default host/port.

Workflow — Choose the Right Operation

User wants	Use	Why
"Search the web for X" / "look up Y" / "find information about Z"	`crawlit-scrape`	Default for all web search — single page, returns markdown immediately
"What pages exist on X?" / URL list	`crawlit-map`	Fastest — sitemap + link extraction, no content fetch
"Get content of this URL" / "fetch this webpage"	`crawlit-scrape`	Single page, returns markdown immediately
"Scrape all docs / all pages under X"	`crawlit-crawl`	Async BFS across many pages
Unclear scope	Start with `crawlit-map`	Size the site first, then decide scrape vs crawl

Escalation rule: map → scrape → crawl. Crawl is expensive (async, queued, Redis-backed) — use only when multi-page content is required.

Sub-skills

crawlit-scrape — single page → markdown/html/links
crawlit-crawl — async BFS multi-page crawl with polling
crawlit-map — fast URL discovery, no content

Output Organization

${CRAWLIT_OUTPUT_DIR:-./crawlit-output}/
├── scrape/
│   └── <host>/<sanitized-path>.md
├── crawl/
│   └── <job-id>/
│       ├── _manifest.json
│       └── <sanitized-path>.md
└── map/
    └── <host>-<YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS>.txt

Path sanitization: host lowercased (www. stripped), path joined with -, non-alphanumeric replaced with -, truncated to 80 chars. Strip query strings.

Rate Limits

Server enforces 60 requests/minute. Rapid loops (e.g. map→scrape many URLs) may hit limit. Add sleep 1 between requests if needed.

Error Reference

Symptom	Cause	Action
`curl: (7) Failed to connect`	Service down	Show `docker compose up --build -d`, don't auto-run
`422 Unprocessable Entity`	Validation error	Parse `.error` from body, surface to user
`500 Internal Server Error`	Server/upstream error	Retry once after 5s; show `docker compose logs --tail=50`
Empty `markdown` in http mode	JS-rendered page	Retry with `"mode":"browser"`

Diagnostic pattern for non-2xx:

curl -s -o /tmp/crawlit-err.json -w '%{http_code}' -X POST "$BASE/v1/scrape" ...
jq . /tmp/crawlit-err.json