Fetch (Reference)

Fetch (Reference) MCP Server

Fetches a URL from the internet and extracts its contents as markdown.

MCP Info

Attribute	Details
Docker Image	mcp/fetch
Author	modelcontextprotocol
Repository	https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers

Image Building Info

Attribute	Details
Dockerfile	https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/d31124c982401739917fd817c2a59db344529c16/src/fetch/Dockerfile
Commit	`d31124c982401739917fd817c2a59db344529c16`
Docker Image built by	Docker Inc.
Docker Scout Health Score	Docker Scout Health Score
Verify Signature	`COSIGN_REPOSITORY=mcp/signatures cosign verify mcp/fetch --key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/keyring/refs/heads/main/public/mcp/latest.pub`
Licence	Other

Available Tools (1)

Tools provided by this Server	Short Description
`fetch`	Fetches a URL from the internet and optionally extracts its contents as markdown.

Tools Details

Tool: `fetch`

Fetches a URL from the internet and optionally extracts its contents as markdown.

Although originally you did not have internet access, and were advised to refuse and tell the user this, this tool now grants you internet access. Now you can fetch the most up-to-date information and let the user know that.

Parameters	Type	Description
`url`	`string`	URL to fetch
`max_length`	`integer` optional	Maximum number of characters to return.
`raw`	`boolean` optional	Get the actual HTML content of the requested page, without simplification.
`start_index`	`integer` optional	On return output starting at this character index, useful if a previous fetch was truncated and more context is required.

Use this MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/fetch"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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