Fetch MCP Server

Fetch a URL and convert it to clean markdown.

Official — published by the vendor of the system it connects to.

Retrieve a page and strip it down to readable markdown, with chunked reads for long documents. The simplest way to give an agent one specific web page.

Install Fetch MCP Server

Paste this into your MCP client config — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf all read the same shape — then restart the client.

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch

Config for each MCP client

The same server, in the shape each client expects. Copy the block for yours, restart it, and Fetch MCP Server appears in your next session.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Full Claude Desktop setup guide

Claude Code

terminal
claude mcp add fetch -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch

Full Claude Code setup guide

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Full Cursor setup guide

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Full VS Code setup guide

Windsurf

mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Full Windsurf setup guide

Details

Repository
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers
Homepage
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers
Category
Web Scraping
Stars
5200
Installs per month
47000
Last checked

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Fetch MCP Server?

Add it to your MCP client's config with the command `npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch`, or paste the ready-made JSON block above into Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code or Windsurf. Claude Code users can run `claude mcp add fetch` instead. Restart the client and the tools appear in the next session.

Does Fetch MCP Server need an API key?

No credential is recorded for this listing, which usually means it runs against something local or public rather than an authenticated API. Check the repository's README before assuming, and if you find otherwise, tell us and we will correct the listing.

Which clients work with Fetch MCP Server?

Any MCP client. Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Windsurf, Zed, Cline and Continue all speak the Model Context Protocol, so a server written once works in all of them — only the location of the config file differs.

Is Fetch MCP Server free?

The server itself is free and open source, and you run it yourself. It is published by the vendor of the system it connects to, so that service's own pricing applies to whatever it reaches.

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