Standard Operating Procedures

Updated Feb 2026

Step-by-step guides for common Firecrawl operations.

Available SOPs

001: Basic Web Scraping

Extract content from a single URL in markdown format.

• 5 minutes | Beginner-friendly | Most common task

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002: JSON Data Extraction

Extract structured data with schema validation.

• 10 minutes | Intermediate | For APIs & apps

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003: Website Crawling

Recursively crawl and extract content from entire websites.

• 15 minutes | Intermediate | Full site backup

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004: Search & Scrape

Search the web and scrape content from results.

• 10 minutes | Intermediate | Research & discovery

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005: Browser Automation New

Use Browser Sandbox for interactive web tasks — clicking, typing, navigating.

• 15 minutes | Intermediate | Login flows, forms, pagination

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006: Change Tracking New

Monitor websites for content changes with git-diff and JSON field comparison.

• 10 minutes | Intermediate | Competitor monitoring, price tracking

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007: Agent Research New

Use the Agent API for autonomous deep research — no URLs needed.

• 10 minutes | Intermediate | Competitive intel, lead enrichment, market research

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Start with: 001: Basic Web Scraping →