Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

Claude Code, Skill

cli

Firecrawl CLI and agent skills: web search, scraping, crawling and browser interaction from your terminal or any coding agent.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade C

One Medium finding. Read the findings before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

Rescanned at commit 2de80d5c7a89.

INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK

Why this grade

  • INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK Medium

    A package install hook (preinstall, install, postinstall or prepare) runs a script.

    README.md, line 49 curl -fsSL https://firecrawl.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- --agent openclaw

Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Concern

    can delete files.

    PERMISSION_DELETE_FILES

    src/commands/init.ts, line 754

    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });

    src/commands/init.ts, line 759

    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });

    src/commands/init.ts, line 807

    fs.rmSync(tmpTar, { force: true });

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    src/commands/init.ts, line 808

    fs.rmSync(extractDir, { recursive: true, force: true });

    src/commands/skills-native.ts, line 386

    fs.unlinkSync(tarball);

    src/commands/skills-native.ts, line 454

    fs.rmSync(destDir, { recursive: true, force: true });

    src/commands/skills-native.ts, line 495

    fs.unlinkSync(linkPath);

    src/commands/skills-native.ts, line 497

    fs.rmSync(linkPath, { recursive: true, force: true });

  • Install and update

    Concern

    runs a script at install time. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER

    README.md, line 49

    curl -fsSL https://firecrawl.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- --agent openclaw

    scripts/install.sh, line 5

    # Usage: curl -fsSL https://firecrawl.dev/install.sh | bash

    scripts/install.sh, line 214

    # curl -fsSL https://firecrawl.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- --agent openclaw

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    package.json, line 19

    prepare

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    scripts/install.sh, line 59

    if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then

    scripts/install.sh, line 60

    version=$(curl -fsSL "$url" | grep '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": *"([^"]+)".*/\1/')

    scripts/install.sh, line 61

    elif command -v wget &>/dev/null; then

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    scripts/install.sh, line 62

    version=$(wget -qO- "$url" | grep '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": *"([^"]+)".*/\1/')

    scripts/install.sh, line 64

    error "Neither curl nor wget found. Please install one and retry."

    scripts/install.sh, line 81

    if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then

    scripts/install.sh, line 82

    curl -fsSL --progress-bar "$url" -o "$dest"

    scripts/install.sh, line 83

    elif command -v wget &>/dev/null; then

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    src/commands/init.ts, line 636

    apiKey && process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY === apiKey

    src/commands/launch.ts, line 250

    !installOnly && apiKey && process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY !== apiKey

    src/commands/status.ts, line 62

    if (process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY) {

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    src/utils/auth.ts, line 689

    const apiKey = process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY;

    src/utils/config.ts, line 32

    process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY ||

    src/utils/config.ts, line 68

    if (process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY) return process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY;

    src/utils/agent-scaffold/credentials.ts, line 52

    if (process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY) {

    src/utils/agent-scaffold/credentials.ts, line 53

    return { key: process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY, source: 'env' };

    src/index.ts, line 2794

    .description('Pull FIRECRAWL_API_KEY into a local .env file')

    src/index.ts, line 2795

    .option('-f, --file <path>', 'Target env file (default: .env)')

    src/commands/doctor.ts, line 220

    const envPath = path.join(cwd, '.env');

    src/commands/doctor.ts, line 491

    name: 'Local .env',

    src/commands/doctor.ts, line 498

    name: 'Local .env',

    src/commands/doctor.ts, line 505

    name: 'Local .env',

    src/commands/doctor.ts, line 512

    name: 'Local .env',

    src/commands/env.ts, line 3

    * Pull authenticated environment variables into project .env files

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • Licence

    Note

    no licence file found.

    LICENCE_MISSING

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit 2de80d5c7a89. can delete files. runs a script at install time. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file. no licence file found.

Date and source

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Commit graded: 2de80d5c7a89cabfbf6aa4d068418eb569fbc273

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