pure.md MCP server

The pure.md MCP server provides seamless access to web content in markdown format for AI applications. It integrates with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to give clients like Cursor, Windsurf, and Claude Desktop the ability to extract web content and perform searches without getting blocked.

Authentication

While you can use the service anonymously, generating an API key provides higher rate limits:

1. Sign up for a free account at pure.md
2. Generate a new API token in your dashboard
3. Use this token in your MCP client configurations as the PUREMD_API_KEY value

For anonymous use, simply set your PUREMD_API_KEY to an empty string ("").

Client Configuration

Cursor

Add this configuration to your ~/.cursor/mcp.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pure.md": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "puremd-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PUREMD_API_KEY": "<TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add this configuration to your ./codeium/windsurf/model_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pure.md": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "puremd-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PUREMD_API_KEY": "<TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Add this configuration to your ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pure.md": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "puremd-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PUREMD_API_KEY": "<TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Quick Install via Smithery

For Claude Desktop, you can install automatically using Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @puremd/puremd-mcp --client claude

Using the Tools

The MCP server provides two main tools:

unblock-url

This tool extracts markdown from web pages while avoiding bot detection. When configured properly, your MCP client can use this tool to fetch content from websites that might otherwise block AI systems.

search-web

This tool allows you to search the web for specific queries and receive concatenated results in markdown format. Your MCP client can leverage this to perform web searches within your AI workflows.

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 "pure-md" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","puremd-mcp"],"env":{"PUREMD_API_KEY":"<TOKEN>"}}'

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": {
        "pure.md": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "puremd-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "PUREMD_API_KEY": "<TOKEN>"
            }
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "pure.md": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "puremd-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "PUREMD_API_KEY": "<TOKEN>"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect