crawl4ai-skill
crawl4ai-skill is an MCP server, listed under browser & scraping. Its repository has 49 GitHub stars and is licensed under NOASSERTION; we last read it on 2026-10-22.
Scrape JavaScript-heavy websites and extract structured data using reusable CSS schemas. This portable agent skill wraps the Crawl4AI Command Line Interface (CLI) and Python Software Development Kit (SDK).
Install
Read from crawl4ai-skill’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.
crwl https://example.com -c "wait_until=networkidle,page_timeout=60000" -o markdown
What it reaches, and what it needs
Reaches
○ not recognised
Credential
○ none found
Maintenance
Stars
49
State
listed
Licence
NOASSERTION
From the repository
Scrape JavaScript-heavy sites and extract structured data via reusable CSS schemas. Portable agent skill wrapping the Crawl4AI CLI and Python SDK.
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Common questions about crawl4ai-skill
- What does crawl4ai-skill do?
- Scrape JavaScript-heavy websites and extract structured data using reusable CSS schemas. This portable agent skill wraps the Crawl4AI Command Line Interface (CLI) and Python Software Development Kit (SDK).
- How do I install crawl4ai-skill?
- Its own README gives this command: crwl https://example.com -c "wait_until=networkidle,page_timeout=60000" -o markdown. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
- Is crawl4ai-skill official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 49 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-05.
- What licence does crawl4ai-skill use?
- The repository declares the NOASSERTION licence.
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