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MCP ServerVerified

Fetch MCP Server

Make HTTP requests to any URL - fetch APIs, download content, test endpoints.

Install
claude mcp add fetch -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch

About

A simple but powerful MCP server that lets Claude Code make HTTP requests. Fetch web pages, call REST APIs, download files, and test endpoints. Converts HTML to markdown for readability. Essential for any workflow that needs to pull data from the web.

Tags

httpfetchapiwebrequests

Score Breakdown

CLI Score Breakdown9/11
✓Official SDK on npm/pip+2
✓Env var authentication (no browser OAuth)+2
✓Works in headless/CI environments+2
✓CLI tool available+1
✓JSON response for piping/parsing+1
✗Docs have curl/CLI examples0
✓Reasonable rate limits for scripted use+1
✗Machine-readable pricing (md/JSON/static)0
Quality Score Breakdown
npm weekly downloads25k
GitHub stars83k
Days since last release10d
Issue close ratio83%
TypeScript typesYes
Docs qualitygood
Breaking changesrare

Scores

CLI
9
Quality
8
AuthorAnthropic
Weekly installs25,000
Last updated3/21/2026
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