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<section id="wget-mcp-setup-guide">
<h1>wget MCP Setup Guide<a class="headerlink" href="#wget-mcp-setup-guide" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>Instructions for setting up <a class="reference external" href="https://pragmar.com/mcp-server-webcrawl/">mcp-server-webcrawl</a> with
<a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wget">wget</a>.
This allows your LLM (e.g. Claude Desktop) to search content and metadata from websites you’ve crawled.</p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uqEEqVsofhc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Follow along with the video, or the step-action guide.</p>
<section id="requirements">
<h2>Requirements<a class="headerlink" href="#requirements" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Before you begin, ensure you have:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://claude.ai/download">Claude Desktop</a> installed</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://python.org">Python</a> 3.10 or later installed</p></li>
<li><p>Basic familiarity with command line interfaces</p></li>
<li><p>wget installed (macOS users can install via Homebrew, Windows users need WSL/Ubuntu)</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="installation-steps">
<h2>Installation Steps<a class="headerlink" href="#installation-steps" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<section id="install-mcp-server-webcrawl">
<h3>1. Install mcp-server-webcrawl<a class="headerlink" href="#install-mcp-server-webcrawl" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>Open your terminal or command line and install the package:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>pip<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>mcp-server-webcrawl
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Verify installation was successful by checking the version:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>mcp-server-webcrawl<span class="w"> </span>--help
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="configure-claude-desktop">
<h3>2. Configure Claude Desktop<a class="headerlink" href="#configure-claude-desktop" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>Open Claude Desktop</p></li>
<li><p>Go to <strong>File → Settings → Developer → Edit Config</strong></p></li>
<li><p>Add the following configuration (modify paths as needed):</p></li>
</ol>
<div class="highlight-json notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"mcpServers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"webcrawl"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"command"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/path/to/mcp-server-webcrawl"</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"args"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"--crawler"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"wget"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"--datasrc"</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/path/to/wget/archives/"</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>On Windows, use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"mcp-server-webcrawl"</span></code> as the command</p></li>
<li><p>On macOS, use the absolute path (output of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">which</span> <span class="pre">mcp-server-webcrawl</span></code>)</p></li>
<li><p>Change <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/path/to/wget/archives/</span></code> to your actual directory path</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<ol class="arabic simple" start="4">
<li><p>Save the file and <strong>completely exit</strong> Claude Desktop (not just close the window)</p></li>
<li><p>Restart Claude Desktop</p></li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id="crawl-websites-with-wget">
<h3>3. Crawl Websites with wget<a class="headerlink" href="#crawl-websites-with-wget" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>Open Terminal (macOS) or Ubuntu/WSL (Windows)</p></li>
<li><p>Navigate to your target directory for storing crawls</p></li>
<li><p>Run wget with the mirror option:</p></li>
</ol>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>wget<span class="w"> </span>--mirror<span class="w"> </span>https://example.com
</pre></div>
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</section>
<section id="verify-and-use">
<h3>4. Verify and Use<a class="headerlink" href="#verify-and-use" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>In Claude Desktop, you should now see an MCP tool option under Search and Tools</p></li>
<li><p>Ask Claude to list your crawled sites:</p></li>
</ol>
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Can you list the crawled sites available?
</pre></div>
</div>
<ol class="arabic simple" start="3">
<li><p>Try searching content from your crawls:</p></li>
</ol>
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Can you find information about [topic] on [crawled site]?
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
</section>
<section id="troubleshooting">
<h2>Troubleshooting<a class="headerlink" href="#troubleshooting" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>If Claude doesn’t show MCP tools after restart, verify your configuration file is correctly formatted</p></li>
<li><p>Ensure Python and mcp-server-webcrawl are properly installed, and on PATH or using absolute paths</p></li>
<li><p>Check that your crawl directory path in the configuration is correct</p></li>
<li><p>Remember that the first time you use a function, Claude will ask for permission</p></li>
<li><p>Indexing for file-based archives (wget included) requires build time on first search, time is dependent on archive size</p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, including API documentation and other crawler options, visit the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/pragmar/mcp-server-webcrawl">mcp-server-webcrawl documentation</a>.</p>
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