Scraper MCP server

mcp-server-scraper

Extract clean, readable content from any URL. Returns markdown text, links, and metadata. No API keys, no config. A free alternative to Firecrawl for scraping docs, blogs, and articles.

npx mcp-server-scraper

Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, and any MCP client. No accounts or API keys needed.

 

Demo built with remotion-readme-kit

Why

When you're working with an AI assistant and need to reference a docs page, a blog post, or an API reference, you usually end up copy-pasting content manually. Tools like Firecrawl solve this but require a paid API key. This server does the same thing for free. It fetches a URL, runs it through Mozilla Readability (the same engine behind Firefox Reader View), and returns clean markdown. It works well for server-rendered content like documentation sites, blog posts, and articles. It won't handle JavaScript-heavy SPAs, but for the most common use case of "read this docs page and summarize it," it does the job.

Tools

Quick Start

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scraper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-scraper"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Add to claudedesktopconfig.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scraper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-scraper"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add to your MCP settings (e.g. .vscode/mcp.json):

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "scraper": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-scraper"]
      }
    }
  }
}

Examples

• "Scrape the API docs from https://docs.example.com and summarize them"
• "Extract all links from this page"
• "What's the OG image and description for this URL?"
• "Search this page for mentions of 'authentication'"
• "Scrape these 5 URLs and give me a summary of each"

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.