🌐✨ Fetch content from the web, cleaned up nicely for LLMs (using Defuddle)
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A Model Context Protocol server that provides web content fetching capabilities using the Defuddle library. This server enables LLMs to retrieve and process content from web pages, automatically cleaning up the HTML and converting it to clean, readable markdown.
This is a drop-in replacement for the default fetch MCP server that uses Readability. This generally provides better results for most modern webpages.
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| Default Fetch MCP | Defuddle Fetch MCP |
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| Contents of https://github.com/kepano/defuddle/issues/61:<br><br>The MCP protocol is a standard for giving AI models access to tools.<br><br>There's a default fetch MCP server, which enables AI models to fetch content from websites. This uses Readability.js which is a bit meh, particularly at navigating GitHub (which I try to use it for a lot). I appreciate there is the GitHub MCP, but a more general web browsing solution seems particularly nice here.<br><br>Defuddle seems significantly better than Readability.js at processing pages nicely, and the model of having custom extractors to make particular sites work well seems great.<br><br>It'd be neat if someone built a defuddle-based fetch MCP server. I might get round to this later if I get frustrated enough with the default fetch MCP 😄 | # idea: defuddle-based fetch MCP server · Issue #61 · kepano/defuddle<br><br>URL: https://github.com/kepano/defuddle/issues/61<br><br>Open<br><br>#61<br><br>[](https://github.com/domdomegg)<br><br>## Description<br><br>The MCP protocol is a standard for giving AI models access to tools.<br><br>There's a default fetch MCP server, which enables AI models to fetch content from websites. This uses Readability.js which is a bit meh, particularly at navigating GitHub (which I try to use it for a lot). I appreciate there is the GitHub MCP, but a more general web browsing solution seems particularly nice here.<br><br>Defuddle seems significantly better than Readability.js at processing pages nicely, and the model of having custom extractors to make particular sites work well seems great.<br><br>It'd be neat if someone built a defuddle-based fetch MCP server. I might get round to this later if I get frustrated enough with the default fetch MCP 😄 |
start_index and max_length parametersTo use this server with the Claude Desktop app, add the following configuration to the "mcpServers" section of your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"defuddle-fetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"defuddle-fetch-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}url (string, required): URL to fetchmax_length (number, optional): Maximum number of characters to return. Defaults to 5000.start_index (number, optional): Start content from this character index. Defaults to 0.raw (boolean, optional): Get raw content without markdown conversion. Defaults to false.Pull requests are welcomed on GitHub! To get started:
npm installnpm run test to run testsnpm run buildTo add it to Claude Desktop, run npm run build then add the following configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"defuddle-fetch": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/clone/defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
]
}
}
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