Fetch (TypeScript) MCP server

This MCP server provides web content fetching and conversion capabilities, implementing a comprehensive web content retrieval system with support for various formats and rendering methods. It's ideal for tasks ranging from simple data extraction to sophisticated web scraping.

Features

Content Retrieval Tools

• get_raw_text - Retrieves raw text content directly from URLs without browser rendering, ideal for JSON, XML, CSV, TSV, or plain text files
• get_rendered_html - Fetches fully rendered HTML content after JavaScript execution using Playwright
• get_markdown - Converts web content to well-formatted Markdown while preserving structural elements
• get_markdown_summary - Extracts and converts main content by automatically removing navigation, headers, and footers

Installation

You can install the MCP server either globally or as a project dependency.

As a Global Package

npm install -g mcp-server-fetch-typescript

As a Project Dependency

npm install mcp-server-fetch-typescript

Usage

Configuring with Claude Desktop

To use this server with Claude Desktop, you'll need to add server configuration to the Claude Desktop config file:

On MacOS: Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

On Windows: Edit %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Option 1: Using NPX

Add this configuration:

"mcpServers": {
  "mcp-server-fetch-typescript": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "mcp-server-fetch-typescript"
    ]
  }
}

Option 2: Using Local Installation

First, install the server locally:

git clone https://github.com/tatn/mcp-server-fetch-typescript.git
cd mcp-server-fetch-typescript
npm install
npm run build

Then add this configuration (replace with your actual path):

"mcpServers": {
  "mcp-server-fetch-typescript": {
    "command": "node",
    "args": [
      "/path/to/mcp-server-fetch-typescript/build/index.js"
    ]
  }
}

Debugging

To debug the MCP server, you can use the MCP inspector:

Using NPX:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx -y mcp-server-fetch-typescript

Using local installation:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node /path/to/mcp-server-fetch-typescript/build/index.js

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-server-fetch-typescript" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","mcp-server-fetch-typescript"]}'

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-server-fetch-typescript": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-server-fetch-typescript"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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-server-fetch-typescript": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-server-fetch-typescript"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect