An MCP server for fetching web content in multiple formats — HTML, JSON, plain text, Markdown, readable article content, and YouTube transcripts.
All tools accept the following common parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url |
string | Yes | URL to fetch |
headers |
object | No | Custom headers to include in the request |
max_length |
number | No | Maximum characters to return (default: 5000) |
start_index |
number | No | Start from this character index (default: 0) |
proxy |
string | No | Proxy URL (e.g. http://proxy:8080) |
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fetch_html — Fetch a website and return its raw HTML content.
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fetch_markdown — Fetch a website and return its content converted to Markdown.
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fetch_txt — Fetch a website and return plain text with HTML tags, scripts, and styles removed.
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fetch_json — Fetch a URL and return the JSON response.
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fetch_readable — Fetch a website and extract the main article content using Mozilla Readability, returned as Markdown. Strips navigation, ads, and boilerplate. Ideal for articles and blog posts.
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fetch_youtube_transcript — Fetch a YouTube video's captions/transcript. Uses
yt-dlpif available, otherwise extracts directly from the page. Accepts an additionallangparameter (default:"en") to select the caption language.
Add to your MCP client configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"fetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["mcp-fetch-server"]
}
}
}