Doc Scraper (Jina.ai) MCP server

The Doc Scraper MCP server provides documentation scraping functionality, converting web-based documentation into markdown format using jina.ai's conversion service. It integrates with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to offer this capability within compatible applications.

Installation Options

Via Smithery

For Claude Desktop users, install Doc Scraper automatically using Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @askjohngeorge/mcp-doc-scraper --client claude

Manual Installation

For manual installation, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/askjohngeorge/mcp-doc-scraper.git
cd mcp-doc-scraper

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows, use: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install the dependencies:

pip install -e .

Running the Server

Start the MCP server using Python:

python -m mcp_doc_scraper

Using the Doc Scraper

The Doc Scraper provides a single tool called scrape_docs that allows you to convert online documentation to markdown format.

Tool Parameters

• url: The URL of the documentation you want to scrape
• output_path: The local path where you want to save the resulting markdown file

Example Usage

When using the server through an MCP-compatible client, you would provide:

1. The URL of the documentation to convert
2. The file path where you want the markdown to be saved

The server will then:

1. Access the specified URL
2. Convert the HTML documentation to markdown format
3. Save the converted content to your specified output path

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "mcp-doc-scraper" '{"command":"python","args":["-m","mcp_doc_scraper"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-doc-scraper": {
            "command": "python",
            "args": [
                "-m",
                "mcp_doc_scraper"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-doc-scraper": {
            "command": "python",
            "args": [
                "-m",
                "mcp_doc_scraper"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect