MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)
Fetch
⚠ No independent security audit: entries summarize official sources only. Review permissions and code before installing.
- Type
- MCP server
- Tasks
- Library docs & researchWeb fetching & scraping
- Compatible agents
- VS Code (source: clients with a setup heading or install/config instructions in the official README)
- Verdict
- Pick it to pull a web page into context; the README warns it can reach local/internal IPs, so restrict it.
- Permissions
- Makes outbound HTTP requests to URLs the model chooses; README warns it can reach local/internal IPs.
- Credentials
- None
- Maintenance
- Monorepo release v1.0.0 on 2026-10-11 publishes mcp-server-fetch 2026.10.10 (PyPI); last commit 2026-10-10 (path-scoped)
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Install
- Run with `uvx mcp-server-fetch` (see README). Official install docs ↗
- Source
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/fetch
- Verified on
- 2026-10-17