Fetch (reference)

Fetches a web page and returns it as Markdown so the agent can read it.

🔎 Web search & scraping★ 91,226Updated 2026-10-13Auth: noneGitHub ↗

SourcesGitHubmodelcontextprotocol/servers

Runner-up · best for web search & scraping

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Test results

Last passed 2026-10-14

Claude CodePassed2026-10-13 · install, connect, tools, agent task

CursorPassed2026-10-13 · install, connect, tools, agent task

Claude DesktopPassed2026-10-14 · install, connect, tools, agent task

ChatGPT (Codex)Passed2026-10-14 · install, connect, tools, agent task

Protocol: 1 tools + tool call OK · 2026-10-13

🧪 Test-box note: Box DNS resolves public hosts to 198.18.x (egress proxy), which the fetch server's private-IP guard refuses; --allow-private-ips is used on this box only. Published snippet omits it. Default (readability) mode failed on this box: node ExtractArticle.js exited 1 (see results/protocol/ref-fetch.default-mode.json); check uses raw=true.

Install

claude mcp add fetch -- uvx mcp-server-fetch

Run in your terminal. This exact command is what our harness runs in Claude Code; see the results above.

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

Save as .cursor/mcp.json. This exact config is what our harness runs in Cursor; see the results above.

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

Add to claude_desktop_config.json and restart Claude Desktop. Tested on the Linux beta; see the results above.

[mcp_servers.fetch]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-server-fetch"]

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml (shared by the ChatGPT (Codex) CLI and the ChatGPT desktop app; Codex runs inside the ChatGPT desktop app). Tested with the ChatGPT (Codex) CLI bundled in the ChatGPT desktop app; see the results above.

Not connecting? Troubleshooting: Claude Code · Cursor · Claude Desktop · ChatGPT (Codex)

Test history

Date	Check	Result	Version
2026-10-13	Protocol (direct stdio)	Protocol: 1 tools + tool call OK	2026.10.10
2026-10-13	Claude Code	Passed install, connect, tools, agent task	2.1.296 (Claude Code)
2026-10-13	Cursor	Passed install, connect, tools, agent task	2026.10.12-d47ca18
2026-10-14	Claude Desktop	Passed install, connect, tools, agent task	Claude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linu
2026-10-14	ChatGPT (Codex)	Passed install, connect, tools, agent task	codex-cli 0.162.0-alpha.17.2

Tools seen by our harness (1)

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