Install guide and config at curatedmcp.com

Fetch MCP Server: Give Your AI Agent Web Access in One Command

The web is full of information, but your AI agent can't see it — not without help. The Fetch MCP Server solves that by letting Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf fetch any URL and read it as clean, AI-friendly markdown. No browser automation overhead. No complicated setup. Just point it at a URL and get readable content back.

What It Does

Fetch MCP is the essential bridge between your AI agent and the live web. Feed it any HTTP or HTTPS URL, and it returns the content as structured markdown — preserving links, code blocks, and formatting. The server automatically converts HTML to readable text, respects robots.txt, and can even handle JavaScript-heavy pages via optional Playwright integration if you need it.

This unlocks real capabilities: your AI can now read documentation pages, fetch articles from search results, pull down API specs, or retrieve content from any public web page. It's simpler and lighter than full browser automation tools for read-only tasks, which makes it perfect for the most common use case — your agent just needs to read something.

How to Install

Install via uvx (requires Python 3.10+ and the uv package manager):

uvx mcp-server-fetch

Then configure it in Claude Desktop by adding this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx mcp-server-fetch"
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop, and you're ready to go.

Real-World Use Cases

• Documentation lookup: Ask Claude to fetch the latest docs from your framework's website, then ask questions about a specific API. No manual copying and pasting.
• Research and summarization: Drop a news article or blog post URL into Cursor, have Claude summarize it or extract specific information while you're coding.
• API spec review: Fetch OpenAPI specs or documentation pages directly from a service's website, then ask your AI to generate client code or explain endpoints.

Full install guides for Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and more at CuratedMCP.