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Search - Firecrawl (robust)

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Problems solved

Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
  • Search the web with a Firecrawl tool in a basic agent flow
  • Return crawlable search results for model synthesis
  • Demonstrate Firecrawl search wiring with the AI SDK

Use cases

Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
  • Firecrawl search onboarding demos
  • Web research lookup tools
  • Content discovery prototypes
  • Search-backed assistant samples

Setup

Requirements, wiring steps, and what this pattern adds to your project.

Getting started

Pick how you want to pull this pattern in. Then wire env vars and routes the same way.

  1. 1

    Download → Next.js app

    Use Download → Next.js app in the preview toolbar. You get a zip scaffold (Pro downloads rewrite preview `/view/.../api/*` paths to `/api/*` automatically).

  2. 2

    Extract the zip and install dependencies

    Unzip the archive, then run `pnpm install` (or npm / yarn) in the project folder.

  3. 3

    Fill .env.local

    The download includes .env.local placeholders when needed. Add real values for: OPENAI_API_KEY, FIRECRAWL_API_KEY.

  4. 4

    Customize the agent and tool files

    Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions in the generated project for your product.

  5. 5

    Run the app and open the pattern route

    Run `pnpm dev`, open the setup/checklist page if present, then navigate to the generated pattern route and verify responses.

Environment variables

Capabilities

AI SDK APIs

streamTextconvertToCoreMessagestooluseChat

Providers

OpenAI

External services

Firecrawl

Files added

6 files
  • app/page.tsx
  • app/layout.tsx
  • app/api/tool-search-firecrawl/route.ts
  • components/firecrawl-search-demo.tsx
  • tools/firecrawl.ts
  • tools/firecrawl-ui.tsx

Dependencies

11 total

npm packages

6
AISDK@mendable/firecrawl-jslucide-reactNext.jsReactZod

Shadcn IconRegistry components

5
alertemptyinput-groupseparatortooltip

Critical files

  • tool-search-firecrawl/route.ts

    API route implementing a web research assistant using streamText with Firecrawl tools. Contains the AI pipeline with system prompt, tool binding, and step count limits.

  • tools/firecrawl.ts

    Core tool definitions for Firecrawl SDK. Defines 5 AI tools (scrapeUrl, searchWeb, crawlWebsite, mapWebsite, trackChanges) with Zod schemas and execute functions.

Requirements

Complexity
Beginner