fetch-mcp MCP Server

An MCP server for fetching web content in multiple formats — HTML, JSON, plain text, Markdown, readable article content, and YouTube transcripts.

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the fetch-mcp Server?

fetch-mcp source profile. From the maintainer documentation: “An MCP server for fetching web content in multiple formats — HTML, JSON, plain text, Markdown, readable article content, and YouTube transcripts.”

Installation

The documented npm package is mcp-fetch-server. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
fetch_htmlFetch a website and return its raw HTML content.
fetch_markdownFetch a website and return its content converted to Markdown.
fetch_txtFetch a website and return plain text with HTML tags, scripts, and styles removed.
fetch_jsonFetch a URL and return the JSON response.
fetch_readableFetch a website and extract the main article content using Mozilla Readability, returned as Markdown. Strips navigation, ads, and boilerplate. Ideal for…
fetch_youtube_transcriptFetch a YouTube video's captions/transcript. Uses yt-dlp if available, otherwise extracts directly from the page. Accepts an additional lang parameter…

How to install the fetch-mcp Server

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

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.