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Fetch MCP Server

by Anthropic

Reference implementation for HTTP requests. Fetch web content and APIs.

Reference Implementation
Web Utility
Deployment Type
💻Local

Runs on your local machine

Authentication
No Auth Required

No authentication needed

Installation
Easy

Quick setup, minimal config

Use Cases
Common ways to use this MCP server
Web scraping
API testing
Content retrieval
Data collection
Ideal For
This server is perfect for these roles and teams
Developers
Data Analysts
Researchers
Installation
Quick start guide for setting up this MCP server

1. Install via npx

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch

2. Add to Claude Desktop config

Edit claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"]
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new MCP server.

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