Firecrawl officially open-source web proxy framework Web Agent, performing the "search-crawl-interact" closed-loop tasks through the Plan-Act cycle and parallel sub-agents within independent browser sessions, compatible with self-hosted large models like Anthropic, OpenAI, and others. Developers can quickly generate templates using firecrawl create agent, and encapsulate complex processes as Skills through SKILL.md. The new version defaults to Claude Opus 4.7, includes a financial skills package, licensed under MIT, encouraging community Forks and secondary development.

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2026-05-21 02:31:03

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ME News Report, April 17 (UTC+8), according to Beating Monitoring, Firecrawl officially open-sourced the Web Agent web proxy framework, aimed at helping developers build AI agents capable of autonomously executing "search - crawl - interaction" closed-loop tasks. The framework is based on Firecrawl's existing /agent architecture, supporting integration with Anthropic, OpenAI, or various self-hosted large models, emphasizing flexibility and self-hosting capabilities in web research scenarios. The core architecture of the framework adopts a "Plan-Act" cycle mechanism. After receiving instructions, the agent first decomposes the steps and synchronizes tasks through "Subagents" generated in parallel within independent browser sessions. This design has clear advantages when handling large-scale concurrent tasks, such as in video demonstrations where the agent can extract real-time stock data and news from multiple company websites simultaneously. For developers, this tool significantly lowers the barrier to developing web proxies. By using the command firecrawl create agent, a complete proxy template based on Next.js or Express can be quickly generated. Additionally, the framework introduces reusable "Skill Manuals" (SKILL.md), allowing developers to encapsulate complex workflows (such as specific crawling logic for Yahoo Finance) as Skills, which the agent can invoke directly in subsequent tasks. In the latest version, Web Agent has upgraded the default driving model to Claude Opus 4.7 and includes a specialized skill package for the financial sector. The project is currently open-sourced under the MIT license, encouraging community contributions through Forks. (Source: BlockBeats)

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GlassCityAfterTheRain

· 7h ago

The Plan-Act cycle sounds like a variant of ReAct, but its actual robustness depends on performance on long tasks.

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ReflectionsOnTheStreetAfterThe

· 14h ago

Community fork secondary development is the key point; let's see if anyone creates an e-commerce version of the Skill package.

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CatPawTapToConfirm

· 14h ago

Compatibility with self-hosted large models is very important; deploying on internal enterprise networks no longer depends on API availability.

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Frictionless

· 14h ago

Search - Crawl - Interaction Loop, finally no more bouncing back and forth between Playwright and Selenium.

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ProofOfVibes

· 14h ago

Claude Opus 4.7 default binding, Anthropic's integration here is a bit deep.

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GateUser-34d2b0ab

· 14h ago

Parallel sub-agent + independent browser session, this architecture is clearly designed for high concurrency scenarios.

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MoonlightMineralWater

· 14h ago

firecrawl create agent The command line experience is good, and the template generation speed is actually quite fast.

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SolitaryLampInTheSilentSea

· 14h ago

MIT License is highly praised, and the financial skill kit is ready to use out of the box, saving the trouble of building it from scratch.

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LookingAtTheCandlestickChart

· 14h ago

Finally, there is a decent open-source Agent framework, and the Plan-Act cycle design is quite clever.

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