# v2.8.0 is live

Major improvements to agent workflows, developer tooling, and self-hosted deployments across the API and SDKs.

- Published: February 3, 2026

![v2.8.0 Launch](/images/v28.webp)

Firecrawl v2.8.0 brings major improvements to agent workflows, developer tooling, and self-hosted deployments across the API and SDKs.

### Highlights

* **Parallel Agents** - Execute thousands of `/agent` queries simultaneously with automatic failure handling and intelligent waterfall execution. Powered by Spark 1 Fast for instant retrieval, automatically upgrading to Spark 1 Mini for complex queries requiring deeper research.
* **Firecrawl Skill** - Enables agents to use Firecrawl for web scraping and data extraction, install via `npx -y firecrawl-cli@latest init --all --browser`.
* **Firecrawl CLI** - Command-line interface with full scrape, search, crawl & map support, install via `npm install -g firecrawl-cli`.
* **Spark Model Family** - Three new models powering /agent: Spark 1 Fast for instant retrieval (currently only available in Playground), Spark 1 Mini for complex research queries, and Spark 1 Pro for advanced extraction tasks.
* **Agent Enhancements** - Webhook support, model selection, and new MCP Server tools for autonomous web data gathering.

Read the full changelog [here](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.8.0).

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