mcp-bun-fetch
MCP server that fetches web content, converts HTML to Markdown, and processes it with Claude AI. This is meant to be a replacement for Claude's default WebFetch, that seems to get regularly blocked from servers. This works around that by not identifying itself as Claude.
Requirements
- Bun
- Claude CLI (authenticated)
Configuration
No installation required. The MCP configurations below use bunx to run the package directly from GitHub.
Claude Desktop
Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS):
{
"mcpServers": {
"fetch": {
"command": "bunx",
"args": ["github:ScottPierce/mcp-bun-fetch#v1"]
}
}
}Claude Code
Run the following command:
claude mcp add fetch -- bunx github:ScottPierce/mcp-bun-fetch#v1Local Development
Run without building:
bun run index.tsRun tests:
bun testBuild:
bun run buildLocal Installation
To use a local build instead of a published package:
{
"mcpServers": {
"fetch": {
"command": "bun",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp-fetch/dist/index.js"]
}
}
}Tool
fetch
Fetches a URL, converts HTML to Markdown, and processes with Claude.
Parameters:
url(required): URL to fetchprompt(required): What to extract or analyze from the page
