defuddle-fetch-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides web content fetching capabilities using the Defuddle library. This server enables LLMs to retrieve and process content from web pages, automatically cleaning up the HTML and converting it to clean, readable markdown.

This is a drop-in replacement for the default fetch MCP server that uses Readability. This generally provides better results for most modern webpages.

Comparison

(using this issue)

Features

• Better Content Extraction: Uses Defuddle to remove webpage clutter and extract main content: while keeping things like the page title and key metadata
• Flexible Output: Supports both markdown and raw HTML output
• Chunked Reading: Supports pagination with start_index and max_length parameters
• Rich Metadata: Extracts title, author, publication date, word count, and more

Installation

To use this server with the Claude Desktop app, add the following configuration to the "mcpServers" section of your claude_desktop_config.json:

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

Components

Tools

• fetch
  • Fetches a URL from the internet and extracts its contents as clean, markdown text using Defuddle
  • Input parameters:
    • url (string, required): URL to fetch
    • max_length (number, optional): Maximum number of characters to return. Defaults to 5000.
    • start_index (number, optional): Start content from this character index. Defaults to 0.

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