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Hands-on tutorials for scraping workflows, RAG ingestion, MCP setups, and production integrations with fastCRW.

Tutorial·10 min read

Build a Perplexity-Style Search Answer Engine in 50 Lines (with Citations, BYOK)

fastCRW v0.7.0 ships answer: true on /v1/search — one call gives you a synthesized answer plus validated citations. Full Python and TypeScript tutorial.

May 14, 2026
Tutorial·12 min read

DeepSeek + fastCRW: AI Web Summaries at $0.27 per Million Tokens (BYOK Tutorial)

Build a production AI web summarizer with DeepSeek and fastCRW. 100 pages for under $0.10, no token markup, OpenAI-compatible API. Full Python and TypeScript code.

May 13, 2026
Tutorial·12 min read

Build a RAG Pipeline with LangChain and CRW in 5 Minutes

Use langchain-crw to crawl a docs site, chunk the content, embed into a vector store, and answer questions — all with LangChain's native interface.

Apr 30, 2026
Tutorial·16 min read

$5 VPS Web Scraping: Run CRW Where Firecrawl Can't

Deploy a full Firecrawl-compatible scraping API on a $5/month VPS with 512 MB RAM. CRW's 6.6 MB memory footprint makes it possible — here's the complete guide.

Apr 29, 2026
Tutorial·19 min read

How to Build a Job Board Scraper with CRW and OpenAI

Build a job board scraper with CRW and OpenAI — extract listings, match against your resume, and automate your job search.

Apr 29, 2026
Tutorial·14 min read

Exa Search API Guide for AI Agents: Search Types, MCP, Pricing, and Alternatives

A practical guide to the Exa Search API: search types, contents, MCP, pricing, and when fastCRW is a better production choice for AI agents.

Apr 27, 2026
Tutorial·18 min read

How to Build a Web Scraping Agent with LangGraph and CRW

Build a web scraping agent with LangGraph and CRW — graph-based orchestration, state management, and conditional routing.

Apr 27, 2026
Tutorial·14 min read

How to Connect CRW to n8n for Automated Scraping Workflows

Connect n8n to CRW's API for automated web scraping — build scheduled scrapers, data pipelines, and alerts without code.

Apr 26, 2026
Tutorial·20 min read

JavaScript Web Scraping in 2026 — 4 Approaches Tested (Cheerio, Puppeteer, Playwright, fastCRW)

JavaScript web scraping compared: Cheerio (fastest parsing), Puppeteer, Playwright, fastCRW API. Code examples in Node.js + TypeScript with cost, RAM, and reliability tradeoffs. Pick the right tool for your scraper.

Apr 21, 2026
Tutorial·14 min read

How to Build a RAG Chatbot with Langflow and CRW

Build a visual RAG chatbot pipeline in Langflow using CRW as the web scraping data source — no coding required.

Apr 20, 2026
Tutorial·12 min read

How to Automate Web Scraping with Make.com and CRW

Step-by-step guide to building automated web scraping workflows in Make.com using CRW's Firecrawl-compatible API — no code required.

Apr 20, 2026
Tutorial·13 min read

How to Use CRW with Lovable for AI App Prototyping

Build a web app prototype with Lovable's AI app builder that uses CRW/fastCRW for live web scraping — from prompt to working app in minutes.

Apr 19, 2026
Tutorial·10 min read

Add Web Scraping to OpenClaw Agents with CRW

Install the CRW plugin for OpenClaw and give your WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord AI agents the ability to scrape, crawl, and map any website.

Apr 19, 2026
Tutorial·14 min read

Build a RAG-Powered Research Agent with CrewAI and CRW

Combine crewai-crw web scraping tools with a vector store to build a CrewAI agent that crawls sites, builds a knowledge base, and answers questions with RAG.

Apr 18, 2026
Tutorial·16 min read

How to Build a Lead Enrichment Pipeline with CRW

Build a lead enrichment pipeline that scrapes company websites, extracts structured data like industry, size, and tech stack, and enriches your CRM using CRW.

Apr 18, 2026
Tutorial·20 min read

How to Scrape Cloudflare-Protected Sites with CRW's Stealth Mode

CRW v0.0.11 adds automatic stealth JavaScript injection and Cloudflare challenge retry. Here's how it works under the hood, and how to configure it for maximum success rate.

Apr 17, 2026
Tutorial·16 min read

How to Use CRW with OpenAI Agents SDK for Web-Aware AI

Integrate CRW as a tool in OpenAI's Agents SDK. Build web-aware agents with function calling, handoffs, and real-time web scraping capabilities.

Apr 17, 2026
Tutorial·18 min read

How to Add Web Scraping to Claude Code in 30 Seconds

Give Claude Code web scraping superpowers with CRW's built-in MCP server. One command, zero config — scrape any website directly from your terminal AI assistant.

Apr 13, 2026
Tutorial·14 min read

How to Use CRW with CrewAI for Multi-Agent Web Scraping

Build a CrewAI crew with specialized agents for web scraping and data analysis. Use crewai-crw — the CRW tool package — for fast, clean content extraction.

Apr 12, 2026
Tutorial·20 min read

Browser Automation for AI Agents: Playwright, Stagehand, Browser Use, and APIs (2026)

Playwright, Puppeteer, Stagehand, Browser Use, Browserbase, or a scraping API? A practical guide to browser automation for AI agents in 2026.

Apr 11, 2026
Tutorial·15 min read

Building AI Agents with Google ADK and CRW

Use Google ADK with CRW for web scraping — learn function declarations, tool registration, and Gemini-powered scraping agents.

Apr 6, 2026
Tutorial·18 min read

How to Add Web Search to Your AI Agent (Step-by-Step API Guide)

Learn how to give your AI agent real-time web search capabilities using CRW. Three integration paths: MCP zero-code, REST API, and self-hosted. Includes full Python example.

Apr 5, 2026
Tutorial·17 min read

How to Monitor Competitor Websites with CRW

Set up automated competitor website monitoring with CRW — detect changes, compare snapshots, and generate AI summaries of what your competitors are up to.

Apr 4, 2026
Tutorial·18 min read

Build an AI Price Tracker in Python (2026) — 50 Lines, Zero API Cost [Self-Hosted]

Build an AI price tracker in 50 lines of Python: scrape with fastCRW, extract structured prices via LLM, store in SQLite, alert on drops. AGPL-3.0 self-host, zero per-request cost — full code included.

Apr 3, 2026
Tutorial·18 min read

Web Scraping for Beginners: From Zero to Production (2026)

Beginner-friendly introduction to web scraping — what it is, how it works, legal considerations, tools overview, and hands-on examples with CRW's API.

Apr 3, 2026
Tutorial·20 min read

How to Build a Deep Research Agent with CRW

Build a deep research agent that searches, scrapes, and synthesizes findings into structured reports using CRW's scraping API.

Apr 2, 2026
Tutorial·22 min read

Python Web Scraping: The Complete Guide with CRW (2026)

Python web scraping guide — requests, Beautiful Soup, Scrapy, and the modern API approach with CRW. Code examples included.

Mar 29, 2026
Tutorial·6 min read

How to Self-Host a Firecrawl-Like API with a Single Binary

Run a Firecrawl-compatible scraping API on your own server in under 60 seconds using CRW's single Docker image.

Mar 9, 2026
Tutorial·16 min read

How to Convert Websites to Clean Markdown for LLMs

Turn any web page into clean, noise-free markdown ready for LLMs using CRW's scrape endpoint. No selectors, no regex.

Mar 8, 2026
Tutorial·20 min read

How to Expose Web Scraping to AI Agents with MCP

Connect CRW's built-in MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI agent for live web scraping in agentic workflows.

Mar 7, 2026
Tutorial·22 min read

How to Build a RAG Pipeline from Websites Using CRW

Step-by-step guide to scraping websites, converting to clean markdown, and feeding into a RAG pipeline using CRW's API.

Mar 6, 2026

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