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Summary

Fetch a URL and convert its contents to clean Markdown for efficient LLM consumption.

Installation

Set up this MCP server in your favorite AI agent — copy a ready-made configuration below.

Any MCP-compatible agent

Most agents (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and more) read a standard mcpServers configuration.

  1. Open your agent's MCP configuration file.
  2. Merge the snippet below into it.
  3. Restart the agent — the "Fetch" tools will be available.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-fetch"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Description

The reference Fetch MCP server. It retrieves a web page and converts the HTML into clean Markdown so a model can read it efficiently, with options to extract raw content and paginate through long pages. A simple, dependable way to give an agent read access to the live web.

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