The firecrawl-research-papers skill documents --k <number> for the firecrawl research search-papers and related-papers CLI commands, but the CLI has no --k flag. The result-count flag is --limit. Because the CLI silently ignores unknown options, following the skill literally is a silent no-op — users get the default count (40) instead of the value they pass.
Affected file: skills/firecrawl-research-papers/SKILL.md
Two lines:
CLI: firecrawl research search-papers <query> [--k <number>]
CLI: firecrawl research related-papers <seedIds...> --intent <intent> [--mode <similar|citers|references>] [--k <number>]
Actual CLI (firecrawl-cli@1.19.18):
$ firecrawl research search-papers --help
--limit <number> Number of results to return (default: 40)
-k, --api-key <key> Firecrawl API key (overrides global --api-key)
There is no --k long option — -k is --api-key (a key string, not a count).
Repro — --k is silently ignored:
$ firecrawl research search-papers "test query" --k 3
## [pmid:...] ... # returns results at the default limit (40), exit 0 — not capped to 3
Suggested fix: replace --k <number> with --limit <number> in both CLI examples. (The MCP signatures ...(query, k?) are a separate surface and may be correct for the MCP tool — only the CLI lines are affected.)
The
firecrawl-research-papersskill documents--k <number>for thefirecrawl research search-papersandrelated-papersCLI commands, but the CLI has no--kflag. The result-count flag is--limit. Because the CLI silently ignores unknown options, following the skill literally is a silent no-op — users get the default count (40) instead of the value they pass.Affected file:
skills/firecrawl-research-papers/SKILL.mdTwo lines:
CLI: firecrawl research search-papers <query> [--k <number>]CLI: firecrawl research related-papers <seedIds...> --intent <intent> [--mode <similar|citers|references>] [--k <number>]Actual CLI (firecrawl-cli@1.19.18):
There is no
--klong option —-kis--api-key(a key string, not a count).Repro —
--kis silently ignored:Suggested fix: replace
--k <number>with--limit <number>in both CLI examples. (The MCP signatures...(query, k?)are a separate surface and may be correct for the MCP tool — only the CLI lines are affected.)