Fetch Browser
A powerful headless browser MCP server that enables AI agents to fetch web content and perform Google searches without requiring any API keys. Built with modern web standards and designed for seamless integration with AI platforms.
Features
- No API Keys Required: Uses a sophisticated headless browser approach to fetch content directly
- Smart Google Search:
- Extract structured results from Google searches
- Support for both web and news results
- Configurable number of results (1-100)
- Full content fetching of search results
- Automatic retry and error handling
- Universal Content Fetching:
- Support for any webpage or API endpoint
- Multiple output formats (HTML, JSON, Text, Markdown)
- Automatic content type detection
- Response size limits and timeout protection
- Rate limiting protection
- Format Conversion:
- Clean HTML to Markdown conversion
- Pretty-printed JSON responses
- Structured HTML output
- Plain text with proper formatting
Executes Google searches and fetches full content of results:
{
query: "your search query",
responseType: "markdown", // or "json", "html", "text"
maxResults: 10, // 1-100 results
topic: "web" // or "news"
}
Fetches content from any URL:
{
url: "https://example.com",
responseType: "markdown", // or "json", "html", "text"
timeout: 30000 // optional, in milliseconds
}
Installation
Via Smithery
# For Claude
npx -y @smithery/cli install @TheSethRose/fetch-browser --client claude
# For Cursor
npx -y @smithery/cli install @TheSethRose/fetch-browser --client cursor
# For TypeScript
npx -y @smithery/cli install @TheSethRose/fetch-browser --client typescript
Manual Installation
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/TheSethRose/fetch-browser.git
cd fetch-browser
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Build the project
npm run build
# Start the server
npm start
Development
# Watch mode with auto-rebuild
npm run watch
# Run with inspector
npm run inspector
# Debug mode
npm run debug
# Debug with watch mode
npm run debug:watch
## [Page Title](https://example.com)
Content converted to clean markdown with:
- Lists
- **Bold text**
- *Italic text*
- [Links](https://example.com)
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"content": "Extracted content...",
"error": null
}
<div class="search-result">
<h2><a href="https://example.com">Page Title</a></h2>
<div class="content">
Original HTML content
</div>
</div>
4. Text Format
### https://example.com
Plain text content with preserved formatting
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Error Handling
- Automatic retries with exponential backoff
- Rate limiting protection
- Timeout handling
- Detailed error messages
- Individual result error tracking
Security Features
- Response size limits
- Request timeouts
- Rate limiting protection
- No API keys or secrets required
- Proper error handling
Credits
Created by Seth Rose:
License
MIT License - See LICENSE for details