- firecrawl interact (formerly browser)
- The
- browser
- command is deprecated.
- Use
- scrape
- +
- interact
- instead. Interact lets you scrape a page and then click, fill forms, and navigate without managing sessions manually.
- Interact with scraped pages in a live browser session. Scrape a page first, then use natural language prompts or code to click, fill forms, navigate, and extract data.
- When to use
- Content requires interaction: clicks, form fills, pagination, login
- scrape
- failed because content is behind JavaScript interaction
- You need to navigate a multi-step flow
- Last resort in the
- workflow escalation pattern
- search → scrape → map → crawl → interact Never use interact for web searches — use search instead Quick start
1. Scrape a page (scrape ID is saved automatically)
firecrawl scrape
"
2. Interact with the page using natural language
firecrawl interact --prompt "Click the login button" firecrawl interact --prompt "Fill in the email field with test@example.com" firecrawl interact --prompt "Extract the pricing table"
3. Or use code for precise control
firecrawl interact --code "agent-browser click @e5" --language bash firecrawl interact --code "agent-browser snapshot -i" --language bash
4. Stop the session when done
firecrawl interact stop
Options
Option
Description
--prompt
Code to execute in the browser session
--language
Session 1: Login and save state
firecrawl scrape "https://app.example.com/login" --profile my-app firecrawl interact --prompt "Fill in email with user@example.com and click login"
Session 2: Come back authenticated
firecrawl scrape "https://app.example.com/dashboard" --profile my-app firecrawl interact --prompt "Extract the dashboard data" Read-only reconnect (no writes to profile state): firecrawl scrape "https://app.example.com" --profile my-app --no-save-changes Tips Always scrape first — interact requires a scrape ID from a previous firecrawl scrape call The scrape ID is saved automatically, so you don't need --scrape-id for subsequent interact calls Use firecrawl interact stop to free resources when done For parallel work, scrape multiple pages and interact with each using --scrape-id See also firecrawl-scrape — try scrape first, escalate to interact only when needed firecrawl-search — for web searches (never use interact for searching) firecrawl-agent — AI-powered extraction (less manual control)