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Fetch MCP Server

Official reference MCP server for fetching web content.

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Official reference MCP server that fetches arbitrary web URLs and returns the content as markdown or HTML. Useful for grounding Claude in live web content with a single tool call.

What it does

  • Single `fetch` tool: URL → markdown, with `max_length`/`start_index`/`raw` params for chunked reading
  • Respects robots.txt for model-initiated requests; `--ignore-robots-txt` opts out
  • Python server (`mcp-server-fetch`); installing Node.js switches in a more robust HTML simplifier

When to use it

The default answer to 'let Claude read this URL' — docs pages, changelogs, issue threads. Pair with a search MCP (e.g. Brave) when Claude also has to discover the URL itself.

Getting started

Add to .mcp.json under mcpServers.fetch:

{
  "command": "uvx",
  "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
}

No API key needed. Docker alternative: `{"command": "docker", "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/fetch"]}`.

Things to know

Can reach local/internal IPs — the README carries an explicit SSRF caution; don't expose it to untrusted prompts. Requires MCP Python SDK 1.x (v2 port in progress). Windows timeouts usually mean PYTHONIOENCODING isn't utf-8.

Repository

modelcontextprotocol/servers

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