Fetch MCP Server

Fit and risk

Setup

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

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

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

claude mcp add fetch -- npx mcp-fetch-server

Check that it works

Confirm the tools fetch_html, fetch_markdown, fetch_txt, fetch_, fetch_readable, and fetch_youtube_transcript appear in your MCP client's tool list, then ask it to fetch https://example.com as Markdown to prove the connection works.

Troubleshooting

1. If a request fails, check the URL and network connectivity.
2. If using a proxy, ensure the proxy configuration is correct (e.g., `http://proxy:8080`).
3. If YouTube transcripts fail, ensure yt-dlp is installed or check if the `lang` parameter is supported.
4. If memory errors occur, adjust `max_length` or the `MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES` environment variable.

Things to try

Once connected, you can ask your AI assistant things like:

• Fetch https://example.com as MarkdownCopy
• Use fetch_readable to extract the article content from https://example.com/blog/postCopy
• Get the Spanish transcript of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQCopy
• Fetch JSON from https://api.example.com/data through proxy http://proxy:8080Copy

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