MCP Fetch

Quick Start (For Users)

Required Setup

1. Enable Accessibility for Claude:

Features

• Web Content Extraction: Automatically extracts and formats web content as markdown

• Article Title Extraction: Extracts and displays the title of the article

• Image Processing: Optional processing of images from web pages with optimization (disabled by default, enable with enableFetchImages: true)

• Pagination Support: Supports pagination for both text and images

• JPEG Optimization: Automatically optimizes images as JPEG for better performance

• GIF Support: Extracts first frame from animated GIFs

For Developers

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+

• macOS (for clipboard operations)

• Claude Desktop (install from https://claude.ai/desktop)

• tsx (install via npm install -g tsx)

Installation

Image Processing Specifications

• Images are converted to JPEG format with quality control

• Maximum width limited to 1200px by default

• Maximum height limited to 1600px by default

• Chroma subsampling (4:2:0) for better compression

• MozJPEG optimization for smaller file sizes

Configuration

1. Make sure Claude Desktop is installed and running.

2. Install tsx globally if you haven't:

1. Modify your Claude Desktop config located at: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

1. Open Claude Desktop

2. Click Claude on the Mac menu bar

3. Click "Settings"

4. Click "Developer"

Available Parameters

• url (required): The URL to fetch

• maxLength (default: 20000): Maximum length of content to return

• startIndex (default: 0): Starting position in content

• imageStartIndex (default: 0): Starting position for image collection

• raw (default: false): Return raw content instead of processed markdown

• imageMaxCount (default: 3): Maximum number of images to process per request

• imageMaxHeight (default: 4000): Maximum height of merged image

• imageMaxWidth (default: 1000): Maximum width of merged image

• imageQuality (default: 80): JPEG quality (1-100)

• enableFetchImages (default: false): Enable fetching and processing of images. FOR CLAUDE USERS ONLY: YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ENABLE THIS FEATURE!!! CLAUDE CAN FETCH AND PROCESS IMAGES!!! ENJOY THIS CAPABILITY!!!!!

• ignoreRobotsTxt (default: false): Ignore robots.txt restrictions

Examples

Basic Content Fetching (No Images)

Fetching with Images Enabled

Paginating Through Images

Notes

• This tool is designed for macOS only due to its dependency on macOS-specific clipboard operations.

• Images are processed using Sharp for optimal performance and quality.

• When multiple images are found, they are merged vertically with consideration for size limits.

• Animated GIFs are automatically handled by extracting their first frame.

Changelog

v1.1.3

• Changed default behavior: Images are not fetched by default (enableFetchImages: false)

• Removed disableImages in favor of enableFetchImages parameter

v1.1.0

• Added article title extraction feature

• Improved response formatting to include article titles

• Fixed type issues with MCP response content

v1.0.0

• Initial release

• Web content extraction

• Image processing and optimization

• Pagination support

MCP Fetch

Quick Start (For Users)

Required Setup

1. Enable Accessibility for Claude:

Features

• Web Content Extraction: Automatically extracts and formats web content as markdown

• Article Title Extraction: Extracts and displays the title of the article

• Image Processing: Optional processing of images from web pages with optimization (disabled by default, enable with enableFetchImages: true)

• Pagination Support: Supports pagination for both text and images

• JPEG Optimization: Automatically optimizes images as JPEG for better performance

• GIF Support: Extracts first frame from animated GIFs

For Developers

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+

• macOS (for clipboard operations)

• Claude Desktop (install from https://claude.ai/desktop)

• tsx (install via npm install -g tsx)

Installation

Image Processing Specifications

• Images are converted to JPEG format with quality control

• Maximum width limited to 1200px by default

• Maximum height limited to 1600px by default

• Chroma subsampling (4:2:0) for better compression

• MozJPEG optimization for smaller file sizes

Configuration

1. Make sure Claude Desktop is installed and running.

2. Install tsx globally if you haven't:

1. Modify your Claude Desktop config located at: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

1. Open Claude Desktop

2. Click Claude on the Mac menu bar

3. Click "Settings"

4. Click "Developer"

Available Parameters

• url (required): The URL to fetch

• maxLength (default: 20000): Maximum length of content to return

• startIndex (default: 0): Starting position in content

• imageStartIndex (default: 0): Starting position for image collection

• raw (default: false): Return raw content instead of processed markdown

• imageMaxCount (default: 3): Maximum number of images to process per request

• imageMaxHeight (default: 4000): Maximum height of merged image

• imageMaxWidth (default: 1000): Maximum width of merged image

• imageQuality (default: 80): JPEG quality (1-100)

• enableFetchImages (default: false): Enable fetching and processing of images. FOR CLAUDE USERS ONLY: YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ENABLE THIS FEATURE!!! CLAUDE CAN FETCH AND PROCESS IMAGES!!! ENJOY THIS CAPABILITY!!!!!

• ignoreRobotsTxt (default: false): Ignore robots.txt restrictions

Examples

Basic Content Fetching (No Images)

Fetching with Images Enabled

Paginating Through Images

Notes

• This tool is designed for macOS only due to its dependency on macOS-specific clipboard operations.

• Images are processed using Sharp for optimal performance and quality.

• When multiple images are found, they are merged vertically with consideration for size limits.

• Animated GIFs are automatically handled by extracting their first frame.

Changelog

v1.1.3

• Changed default behavior: Images are not fetched by default (enableFetchImages: false)

• Removed disableImages in favor of enableFetchImages parameter

v1.1.0

• Added article title extraction feature

• Improved response formatting to include article titles

• Fixed type issues with MCP response content

v1.0.0

• Initial release

• Web content extraction

• Image processing and optimization

• Pagination support