{"library":"mcp-fetch-server","title":"Fetch MCP Server","description":"MCP server and CLI for fetching web content as HTML, Markdown, plain text, JSON, or YouTube transcripts. Current stable version 1.1.2, released regularly on npm. Key differentiators: multiple output formats, Mozilla Readability integration for article extraction, YouTube transcript support via yt-dlp or direct page extraction, and proxy support. Minimal configuration, designed for MCP ecosystem but also usable as standalone CLI. Requires Node.js >=18.","language":"javascript","status":"active","last_verified":"Sat Apr 25","install":{"commands":["npm install mcp-fetch-server"],"cli":{"name":"mcp-fetch","version":null}},"imports":["npx mcp-fetch-server (CLI) or add to MCP configuration as a tool (no programmatic import)"],"auth":{"required":false,"env_vars":[]},"quickstart":{"code":"// Add to your Claude Desktop or MCP client config:\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"fetch\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\"mcp-fetch-server\"]\n    }\n  }\n}\n\n// Or use as CLI:\nnpx mcp-fetch markdown https://example.com --max-length 10000\nnpx mcp-fetch youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ --lang es","lang":"javascript","description":"Shows how to add the MCP server to client config and run CLI commands for markdown and YouTube transcript.","tag":null,"tag_description":null,"last_tested":null,"results":[]},"compatibility":null}