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Fetch MCP Server

Q: Is the Fetch MCP server safe to point at internal networks?

The README cautions it can access local and internal IP addresses and may be a security risk.

Q: How does Fetch MCP read long pages?

It truncates output; use start_index to continue from a later character offset.

Q: How do I run the Fetch MCP server?

Use uvx mcp-server-fetch, or pip install mcp-server-fetch, or the mcp/fetch Docker image.

Reference MCP server that fetches a URL and returns its content as markdown, in chunks, for LLM use.

Autor: Model Context Protocol
Funktioniert mit: Any MCP client
Lizenz: MIT
Dokumentiert: Oct 2, 2026

Repository ↗ Offizielle Doku ↗

Was Fetch MCP Server ist

A Python MCP server that retrieves web pages and converts HTML to markdown. Responses are truncated, and start_index lets the model read a page in chunks.

Was es kann

Wo Fetch MCP Server läuft und was es ergänzt, laut Dokumentation

Fetch a URL and return markdown
Limit output with max_length (default 5000)
Page through long content with start_index
Return raw content when raw is true
Expose a fetch prompt

Wann Sie es einsetzen sollten

Gut geeignet

Letting an agent read a known web page
Reading long pages in chunks

Nicht geeignet für

Locked-down environments: README warns it can reach local/internal IP addresses
Production use without review: The root README says these are reference implementations meant as educational examples, not production-ready solutions.

So installieren Sie Fetch MCP Server

Sie benötigen: uv/uvx or pip with Python; MCP Python SDK 1.x (mcp>=1.29.0,<2); Node.js optional

Install uv (recommended) or use pip/Docker
Run it with uvx mcp-server-fetch, or pip install mcp-server-fetch
Add the command to your MCP client config
Optionally install Node.js for a more robust HTML simplifier

Konfigurationsbeispiel (aus der offiziellen Dokumentation)

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

Berechtigungen und Sicherheit

Worauf es zugreifen kann

Network access to fetch any URL, including local/internal addresses

Sicherheitshinweise der Maintainer

README caution: can access local/internal IP addresses and may expose sensitive data
The root README says these are reference implementations meant as educational examples, not production-ready solutions.

Prüfen Sie den Quellcode, bevor Sie einem Agenten Zugriff auf Zugangsdaten oder Produktivsysteme geben. Wir dokumentieren die Angaben der Maintainer; Code prüfen wir nicht.

Einschränkungen

Responses are truncated by default
Port to MCP SDK 2.0 is in progress

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Is the Fetch MCP server safe to point at internal networks?

The README cautions it can access local and internal IP addresses and may be a security risk. Quelle

How does Fetch MCP read long pages?

It truncates output; use start_index to continue from a later character offset. Quelle

How do I run the Fetch MCP server?

Use uvx mcp-server-fetch, or pip install mcp-server-fetch, or the mcp/fetch Docker image. Quelle

Quellen und Lücken

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/main/src/fetch/README.md readme, geprüft Oct 2, 2026
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/main/README.md readme, geprüft Oct 2, 2026

Von den Maintainern nicht angegeben: Hosts other than generic MCP clients are not individually named as supported for Claude Code/Cursor/Windsurf/Codex in this README; last_release date not visible in the checked README.