xcrawl-map

Research

Use this skill for XCrawl map tasks, including site URL discovery, regex filtering, scope estimation, and crawl planning before full-site crawling.

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XCrawl Map

Overview

This skill uses XCrawl Map API to discover URLs for a site. Default behavior is raw passthrough: return upstream API response bodies as-is.

Required Local Config

Before using this skill, the user must create a local config file and write XCRAWL_API_KEY into it.

Path: ~/.xcrawl/config.json

{
  "XCRAWL_API_KEY": "<your_api_key>"
}

Read API key from local config file only. Do not require global environment variables.

Credits and Account Setup

Using XCrawl APIs consumes credits. If the user does not have an account or available credits, guide them to register at https://dash.xcrawl.com/. After registration, they can activate the free 1000 credits plan before running requests.

Tool Permission Policy

Request runtime permissions for curl and node only. Do not request Python, shell helper scripts, or other runtime permissions.

API Surface

Start map task: POST /v1/map
Base URL: https://run.xcrawl.com
Required header: Authorization: Bearer <XCRAWL_API_KEY>

Usage Examples

cURL

API_KEY="$(node -e "const fs=require('fs');const p=process.env.HOME+'/.xcrawl/config.json';const k=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(p,'utf8')).XCRAWL_API_KEY||'';process.stdout.write(k)")"

curl -sS -X POST "https://run.xcrawl.com/v1/map" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com","filter":"/docs/.*","limit":2000,"include_subdomains":true,"ignore_query_parameters":false}'

Node

node -e '
const fs=require("fs");
const apiKey=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.env.HOME+"/.xcrawl/config.json","utf8")).XCRAWL_API_KEY;
const body={url:"https://example.com",filter:"/docs/.*",limit:3000,include_subdomains:true,ignore_query_parameters:false};
fetch("https://run.xcrawl.com/v1/map",{
  method:"POST",
  headers:{"Content-Type":"application/json",Authorization:`Bearer ${apiKey}`},
  body:JSON.stringify(body)
}).then(async r=>{console.log(await r.text());});
'

Request Parameters

Request endpoint and headers

Endpoint: POST https://run.xcrawl.com/v1/map
Headers:
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer <api_key>

Request body: top-level fields

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`url`	string	Yes	-	Site entry URL
`filter`	string	No	-	Regex filter for URLs
`limit`	integer	No	`5000`	Max URLs (up to `100000`)
`include_subdomains`	boolean	No	`true`	Include subdomains
`ignore_query_parameters`	boolean	No	`true`	Ignore URLs with query parameters

Response Parameters

Field	Type	Description
`map_id`	string	Task ID
`endpoint`	string	Always `map`
`version`	string	Version
`status`	string	`completed`
`url`	string	Entry URL
`data`	object	URL list data
`started_at`	string	Start time (ISO 8601)
`ended_at`	string	End time (ISO 8601)
`total_credits_used`	integer	Total credits used

data fields:

links: URL list
total_links: URL count
credits_used: credits used
credits_detail: credit breakdown

Workflow

Restate mapping objective.

Discovery only, selective crawl planning, or structure analysis.

Build and execute POST /v1/map.

Keep filters explicit and reproducible.

Return raw API response directly.

Do not synthesize URL-family summaries unless requested.

Output Contract

Return:

Endpoint used (POST /v1/map)
request_payload used for the request
Raw response body from map call
Error details when request fails

Do not generate summaries unless the user explicitly requests a summary.

Guardrails

Do not claim full site coverage if limit is reached.
Do not mix inferred URLs with returned URLs.
Do not hardcode provider-specific tool schemas in core logic.