Mozilla Readability Parser MCP Server

An model context protocol (MCP) server that extracts and transforms webpage content into clean, LLM-optimized Markdown. Returns article title, main content, excerpt, byline and site name. Uses Mozilla's Readability algorithm to remove ads, navigation, footers and non-essential elements while preserving the core content structure. More about MCP.

Features

• Removes ads, navigation, footers and other non-essential content

• Converts clean HTML into well-formatted Markdown (also uses Turndown)

• Returns article metadata (title, excerpt, byline, site name)

• Handles errors gracefully

Related MCP server: Skrape MCP Server

Why Not Just Fetch?

Unlike simple fetch requests, this server:

• Extracts only relevant content using Mozilla's Readability algorithm

• Eliminates noise like ads, popups, and navigation menus

• Reduces token usage by removing unnecessary HTML/CSS

• Provides consistent Markdown formatting for better LLM processing

• Includes useful metadata about the content

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Mozilla Readability Parser for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

Manual Installation

Tool Reference

parse

Fetches and transforms webpage content into clean Markdown.

Arguments:

Returns:

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Dependencies

• @mozilla/readability - Content extraction

• turndown - HTML to Markdown conversion

• jsdom - DOM parsing

• axios - HTTP requests

License

MIT