MCP serverWeb & SearchVerified Last verified 2026-07-24

Fetch MCP Server

by Model Context Protocol

A reference MCP server that retrieves a web page and converts it to markdown for efficient LLM consumption. It supports chunked reading via a start index (so the model can page through long content), raw HTML access, a customizable user-agent, proxy support, and robots.txt handling.

Official page

Works with

Any MCP Client Claude Code Claude (Desktop & Web)Cursor Windsurf Cline VS Code Zed

The Model Context Protocol (MCP).

When to use it

Letting an agent read a specific documentation page or article
Pulling a known URL's content into context without a full browser
Lightweight, key-free web reading

When not to

Pages that require interaction or login — use a browser-automation server instead
Untrusted internal URLs — it can reach local/internal addresses, so restrict use

What it does

Fetch any URL and extract its content as markdown
Read long pages in chunks using a start index
Optionally return raw HTML and respect robots.txt

How to install

Setup steps with copy-paste config. Sources are cited under each method.

uvx (Python)

Requires: Python with uv/uvx

Add to your MCP config

No API key needed. Runs the Python server directly with uvx.

json

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

Ask the agent to read a URL
Give it a link and it will fetch and summarize the page content.

Fetch MCP Server — documentation · Model Context Protocol · Documentation · accessed 2026-07-24

How to prompt it

Copy-paste prompts written to exercise this plugin, with what to expect.

Summarize a docs page

You want the gist of a long documentation page.

Fetch https://example.com/docs/getting-started and give me the setup steps as a short checklist.

What to expect: The agent retrieves the page, converts it to markdown, and returns a concise checklist grounded in the real content.

For very long pages, ask it to continue reading from where it left off.

Tips for getting the most out of it

Great paired with a search server: search to find URLs, fetch to read them.
Be mindful that it can reach internal addresses; don't point it at untrusted links.

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