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What is Crawl4ai?

Crawl4ai is a powerful web crawling tool that integrates with AI assistants via the Machine Conversation Protocol (MCP). It allows users to crawl websites and save their content in a structured format.

How to use Crawl4ai?

To use Crawl4ai, clone the repository, set up a virtual environment, install the dependencies, and configure the MCP settings for your AI assistant. You can then instruct your AI assistant to perform web crawls using specific commands.

Key features of Crawl4ai?

• Configurable website crawling depth
• Support for both internal and external links
• Generation of structured Markdown files from crawled content
• Native integration with AI assistants via MCP
• Detailed statistics on crawl results
• Error handling for not found pages

Use cases of Crawl4ai?

1. Automating the extraction of content from websites for analysis.
2. Integrating with AI assistants to perform web crawls on demand.
3. Generating structured reports from crawled data for research purposes.

FAQ from Crawl4ai?

• Can Crawl4ai crawl any website?

Yes, as long as the website allows crawling and does not block it via robots.txt.

• Is there a limit to the crawling depth?

The default maximum crawling depth is 2, but it can be configured as needed.

• What format are the results saved in?

Results are saved in Markdown format in the crawl_results directory.