Web Clipper MCP Server

MCP server for clipping web pages to Markdown with local images.

Installation

Using uvx (Recommended)

# Install uv
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Add to Claude Desktop config (~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-clipper": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "/Users/like/research/web-clipper-mcp", "web-clipper-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Using pip

cd /Users/like/research/web-clipper-mcp
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-clipper": {
      "command": "/Users/like/research/web-clipper-mcp/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["-m", "web_clipper_mcp.server"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

get_page_structure

Analyze a web page's structure and return a summary with CSS selector suggestions.

Parameters:

• url (required): The URL to analyze

Example:

Analyze https://example.com/article

clip_url

Extract content from a URL and convert to Markdown.

Parameters:

• url (required): The URL to clip

• selector (optional): CSS selector to extract specific content

• save_to (optional): File path to save the Markdown (default: ~/Downloads/web-clipper/{YYYY-MM-DD}-{timestamp}/{title}.md)

• download_images (optional): Whether to download images locally (default: true)

• force_image_attr (optional): Force using specific attribute for images (e.g., "data-src", "src", "file")

Example:

Save https://example.com/article to ~/notes/article.md

clip_html

Convert raw HTML to Markdown.

Parameters:

• html (required): Raw HTML content to convert

• base_url (optional): Base URL for resolving relative image URLs

• save_to (optional): File path to save the Markdown

• download_images (optional): Whether to download images locally (default: true)

Example:

Convert this HTML to Markdown: <div>...</div>

Usage

1. Install the MCP server

2. Add to Claude Desktop config

3. Restart Claude Desktop

4. Use natural language to clip web pages:

帮我保存 https://example.com/article

这篇文章的结构是什么？ https://example.com/article

把这段 HTML 转成 Markdown: <div>...</div>

Prompt

clip-webpage

Recommended workflow for clipping web pages. Guides the LLM through: analyzing page structure, identifying content area, and calling clip_url with appropriate parameters.

Arguments:

• url (required): The URL to clip

• content_selector (optional): CSS selector for content area (e.g., article, div.post)

Features

• Auto-extract main content using Readability

• CSS selector support for manual content selection

• Local image download and path replacement

• Markdown output with proper formatting

• Batch image lazy-loading pattern detection

• Force image attribute selection for ambiguous cases

• Automatic save with timestamp folder to prevent overwrites